Selected Publications

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Parsons,K., Concannon, M., Navon, D., Wang,J., Ea,I., Groveas,K., Campbell,C., and Albertson R.C. 2016.

Foraging environment determines the genetic architecture and evolutionary potential of trophic morphology in

cichlid fishes. Molecular Ecology 25: 6012-6023.

Parsons, K., Wang, J., Anderson, G., and Albertson, R.C. 2015. Nested levels of adaptive divergence: the

genetic basis of craniofacial divergence and ecological sexual dimorphism. G3: Genes| Genomes| Genetics 5:

1613-1624.

Albertson, R.C., Powder, K., Hu,Y., Coyle K.P., Roberts, R.B., and Parsons, K. 2014. Genetic basis of

continuous variation in the levels and modular inheritance of pigmentation in cichlid fishes. Mol Ecol 23:

5135-5150. (cover article, focus of ‘news and views’, also featured in annual editor’s note for Molecular

Ecology)

Küttner,E., Parsons,K.*, Easton, A., Skúlason,S., Danzmann, RG., and Ferguson, M. 2014. Hidden genetic

variation evolves with ecological specialization: the genetic basis of phenotypic plasticity in Arctic charr

ecomorphs. Evol Dev 16: 247-257. (*co first author)

Parsons, K. Taylor,A., Powder,K. and Albertson RC. 2014. Wnt signalling underlies the evolution of new

phenotypes and craniofacial variability in Lake Malawi cichlids. Nat Comm 5: 3629.

Hu,Y. Parsons, K. and Albertson, R.C. 2014. Evolvability of the cichlid jaw: new tools provide insights into

the genetic basis of phenotypic integration. Evol Biol 41: 145-153.

Parsons, K., and Albertson, R.C. 2013. Unifying evo-devo's two strands. TREE 28: 584-591.

Parsons, K., Marquez, E., and Albertson, R.C. 2012. Opportunity and constraint: The genetic basis and

evolution of modularity in the cichlid mandible. The American Naturalist 179: 64-78.

Parsons, K., Sheets, D., Skulason, S., and Ferguson, M.M. 2011. Phenotypic plasticity, heterochrony, and

ontogenetic repatterning contribute to adaptive divergence during early juvenile development in Arctic charr.

J Evol Biol 24: 1640-1652.

Parsons, K., Y.H. Son, and R.C. Albertson. 2011. Hybridization promotes evolvability in African cichlids:

connections between transgressive segregation and phenotypic integration. Evol Biol 38: 306-315.

Parsons, K., Cooper, W.J., and Albertson, R.C. 2011. Modularity of the oral jaws is linked to repeated

changes in the craniofacial shape of African cichlids. Int J Evol Biol 2011: 641501.

Parsons, K., Skulason, S., and Ferguson, M.M. 2010. Morphological variation over ontogeny and

environments in resource polymorphic arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus). Evol Dev 12: 246-257.

Cooper, W.J., Parsons, K., McIntyre, A., Kern, B., McGee-Moore, and Albertson, R.C. 2010. Bentho-

pelagic divergence of cichlid feeding architecture was primary, consistent, and explosive in African rift-

lakes. PLoS ONE 5(3): e9551.

Parsons, K., and Albertson, R.C. 2009. Bmp4 and calmodulin in jaw and beak development: Evo-devo and

beyond. Ann Rev Gen 43: 369-388.

Parsons, K.J. and Robinson, B.W. 2006 Replicated evolution of integrated plastic responses during early

adaptive divergence. Evolution 60: 801-813.

Robinson, B.W., and Parsons, K.J. 2002. Changing times, spaces, and faces: tests and implications of

adaptive morphological plasticity in the fishes of northern postglacial lakes. Can J Fish Aqua Sci 59:1819-

1833.