Reade Roberts
Bio
The overarching strategy of my research program is to inventively fill gaps in biological knowledge by drawing on unexpected tools in the existing diversity of life. I love the pursuit of linking differences in complex traits to specific evolved genetic changes. My ultimate goal is to produce new knowledge with dual impact – informing both our understanding of how genes and species evolve, and providing basic biology insights that may improve the human condition. When I’m away from the lab, I love to spend time with my family, which includes retired racing greyhounds. Having adopted a few of my own over the years, and fostered many more until they have found permanent homes, I enjoy promoting adoption and awareness of the breed. I’m also an avid collector of vinyl records across genres, and am always looking for new discoveries.
Publications
- Distinct genetic origins of eumelanin levels and barring patterns in cichlid fishes , PLOS ONE (2024)
- Genetic basis of ecologically relevant body shape variation among four genera of cichlid fishes , MOLECULAR ECOLOGY (2023)
- Morphometric and Genetic Description of Trophic Adaptations in Cichlid Fishes , BIOLOGY-BASEL (2022)
- Polygenic sex determination produces modular sex polymorphism in an African cichlid fish , PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (2022)
- TCDD alters essential transcriptional regulators of osteogenic differentiation in multipotent mesenchymal stem cells , TOXICOLOGICAL SCIENCES (2022)
- Origin of a Giant Sex Chromosome , MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION (2020)
- Chromosome-scale assemblies reveal the structural evolution of African cichlid genomes , GIGASCIENCE (2019)
- Exploratory behaviour is associated with microhabitat and evolutionary radiation in Lake Malawi cichlids , ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR (2019)
- The genomics of invasion: characterization of red lionfish (Pterois volitans) populations from the native and introduced ranges , BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS (2019)
- The genomics of invasion: characterization of red lionfish (Pterois volitans) populations from the native and introduced ranges (vol 21, pg 2471, 2019) , BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS (2019)