Research in my lab uses genetic and genomic data in three main themes: 1) mitochondrial function and evolution as it facilitates specific organismal adaptations, 2) population divergence, hybridization, and species diversification, and 3) phylogenetics and evolution of fishes.
Zhang, F and RE Broughton. 2015. Heterogeneous natural selection on oxidative phosphorylation genes among fishes with extreme high and low aerobic performance. BMC Evolutionary Biology 15:173, doi: 10.1186/s12862-015-0453-7
Cureton, JC and RE Broughton. 2014. Rapid morphological divergence of a stream fish in response to changes in water flow. Biology Letters 10: 20140352.
Zhang, F and RE Broughton. 2013. Mito-nuclear Interactions: Compensatory Evolution or Relaxed Selection? Variable Substitution Rates of Vertebrate Oxidative Phosphorylation Genes. Genome Biology and Evolution 5:1781–1791; doi:10.1093/gbe/evt129
Broughton, RE, R Betancur, C Li, G Arratia and G Ortí. 2013. Multilocus phylogenetic analysis reveals the pattern and tempo of bony fish evolution. Plos Currents –Tree of Life, doi: 10.1371/currents.tol.2ca8041495ffafd0c92756e75247483e.
Betancur, R, RE Broughton, EO Wiley, K Carpenter, JA López, C Li, N Holcroft, D Arcila, M Sanciangco, J C Cureton, F Zhang, T Buser, M Campbell, J Ballesteros, A Roa-Varon, S Willis, WC Borden, T Rowley, P Reneau, D Hough, G Lu, T Grande, G Arratia and G Ortí. 2013. The tree of life and a new classification of bony fishes. Plos Currents – Tree of Life,
doi: 10.1371/currents.tol.53ba26640df0ccaee75bb165c8c26288
