Publications
16. De-Kayne, R., Schley, R., Barth, J. M., Campillo, L. C., Chaparro-Pedraza, C., Joshi, J., Salzburger, W., Bocxlaer, B. V., Cotoras, D. D., Fruciano, C., Geneva, A. J., Gillespie, R., Heras, J., ... and Cerca, J. (2024). Why Do Some Lineages Radiate While Others Do Not? Perspectives for Future Research on Adaptive Radiations. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology, a041448.
15. Le, N., Heras, J., Herrera, M. J., German, D. P., Crummett, L. T. (2023). The genome of Anoplarchus purpurescens (Stichaeidae) reflects its carnivorous diet. Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 1-16.
14. Rankins, D. R., Herrera, M. J., Christensen, M. P., Chen, A., Hood, N. Z., Heras, J., and German, D. P. (2023). When digestive physiology doesn't match “diet”: Lumpenus sagitta (Stichaeidae) is an “omnivore” with a carnivorous gut. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 111508.
13. Heras, J., and Martin, C. H. (2022). Minimal overall divergence of the gut microbiome in an adaptive radiation of Cyprinodon pupfishes despite potential adaptive enrichment for scale-eating. Plos one, 17(9), e0273177.
12. Mancilla-Morales, M. D., Velarde, E., Contreras-Rodríguez, A., Gómez-Lunar, Z., Rosas-Rodríguez, J. A., Heras, J., ... and Ruiz, E. A. (2022). Characterization, Selection, and Trans-Species Polymorphism in the MHC Class II of Heermann’s Gull (Charadriiformes). Genes, 13(5), 917.
11. Herrera, M. J., Heras, J., and German, D. P. (2022). Comparative transcriptomics reveal tissue level specialization towards diet in prickleback fishes. Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 192(2), 275-295.
10. Frederick, A. R., Heras, J., Friedman, C. S., and German, D. P. (2022). Withering syndrome induced gene expression changes and a de-novo transcriptome for the Pinto abalone, Haliotis kamtschatkana. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part D: Genomics and Proteomics, 100930.
9. Heras, J. (2021). Fish Transcriptomics: Applied to our Understanding of Aquaculture. In Rodriguez-Anaya, L. Z., and Escobedo-Bonilla, C. M. (Eds.). (2021). Transcriptomics from Aquatic Organisms to Humans. CRC Press.
8. Heras, J., Chakraborty, M., Emerson, J.J., and German, D.P. (2020) Genomic and biochemical evidence of dietary adaptation in a marine herbivorous fish. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 287: 20192327.
7. Heras, J., and Aguilar, A. (2019) Comparative transcriptomics reveals patterns of adaptive evolution associated with depth and age within marine rockfishes (Sebastes). Journal of Heredity. 110(3):340-350.
6. German, D.P., Foti, D.M., Heras, J., Amerkhanian, H., and Lockwood, B.L. (2016) Elevated gene copy number does not always explain elevated amylase activities in fishes. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 89:277-293.
5. Regan, M.D., Turko, A., Heras, J., Andersen, M.K., Lefevre, S., Wang, T., Bayley, M., Brauner, C., Huong, D.T.T., Phuong, N.T., and Nilsson, G.E. (2016) Ambient CO2, fish behaviour and altered GABAergic neurotransmission: exploring the mechanism of CO2-altered behaviour by taking a hypercapnia dweller down to low CO2 levels. Journal of Experimental Biology. 219:109-118.
4. Heras, J., McClintock, K., Sunagawa, S., and Aguilar, A. (2015) Gonadal transcriptomics elucidate patterns of adaptive evolution within marine rockfishes (Sebastes). BMC Genomics. 16:656.
3. Heras, J., Koop, B. F., and Aguilar, A. (2011) A transcriptomic scan for positively selected genes in two closely related marine fishes: Sebastes caurinus and S. rastrelliger. Marine Genomics. 4(2): 93-98.
2. Baumsteiger, J., Swift, H. F., Lehman, Lehman, J. M., Heras, J., and Gomez-Daglio, L. (2010) Getting to the root of phylogenetics. Frontiers of Biogeography. 2(3): 68-69.
1. De Ley, P., De Ley, I. T., Morris, K., Abebe, E., Mundo, M., Heras, J., Waumann D., Olivares, A. R., Burr, J., Baldwin, J. G., and Kelly, W. K. (2005) An integrated approach to fast and informative morphological vouchering of nematodes for application in molecular barcoding. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 360: 1945-1958.
15. Le, N., Heras, J., Herrera, M. J., German, D. P., Crummett, L. T. (2023). The genome of Anoplarchus purpurescens (Stichaeidae) reflects its carnivorous diet. Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 1-16.
14. Rankins, D. R., Herrera, M. J., Christensen, M. P., Chen, A., Hood, N. Z., Heras, J., and German, D. P. (2023). When digestive physiology doesn't match “diet”: Lumpenus sagitta (Stichaeidae) is an “omnivore” with a carnivorous gut. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 111508.
13. Heras, J., and Martin, C. H. (2022). Minimal overall divergence of the gut microbiome in an adaptive radiation of Cyprinodon pupfishes despite potential adaptive enrichment for scale-eating. Plos one, 17(9), e0273177.
12. Mancilla-Morales, M. D., Velarde, E., Contreras-Rodríguez, A., Gómez-Lunar, Z., Rosas-Rodríguez, J. A., Heras, J., ... and Ruiz, E. A. (2022). Characterization, Selection, and Trans-Species Polymorphism in the MHC Class II of Heermann’s Gull (Charadriiformes). Genes, 13(5), 917.
11. Herrera, M. J., Heras, J., and German, D. P. (2022). Comparative transcriptomics reveal tissue level specialization towards diet in prickleback fishes. Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 192(2), 275-295.
10. Frederick, A. R., Heras, J., Friedman, C. S., and German, D. P. (2022). Withering syndrome induced gene expression changes and a de-novo transcriptome for the Pinto abalone, Haliotis kamtschatkana. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part D: Genomics and Proteomics, 100930.
9. Heras, J. (2021). Fish Transcriptomics: Applied to our Understanding of Aquaculture. In Rodriguez-Anaya, L. Z., and Escobedo-Bonilla, C. M. (Eds.). (2021). Transcriptomics from Aquatic Organisms to Humans. CRC Press.
8. Heras, J., Chakraborty, M., Emerson, J.J., and German, D.P. (2020) Genomic and biochemical evidence of dietary adaptation in a marine herbivorous fish. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 287: 20192327.
7. Heras, J., and Aguilar, A. (2019) Comparative transcriptomics reveals patterns of adaptive evolution associated with depth and age within marine rockfishes (Sebastes). Journal of Heredity. 110(3):340-350.
6. German, D.P., Foti, D.M., Heras, J., Amerkhanian, H., and Lockwood, B.L. (2016) Elevated gene copy number does not always explain elevated amylase activities in fishes. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 89:277-293.
5. Regan, M.D., Turko, A., Heras, J., Andersen, M.K., Lefevre, S., Wang, T., Bayley, M., Brauner, C., Huong, D.T.T., Phuong, N.T., and Nilsson, G.E. (2016) Ambient CO2, fish behaviour and altered GABAergic neurotransmission: exploring the mechanism of CO2-altered behaviour by taking a hypercapnia dweller down to low CO2 levels. Journal of Experimental Biology. 219:109-118.
4. Heras, J., McClintock, K., Sunagawa, S., and Aguilar, A. (2015) Gonadal transcriptomics elucidate patterns of adaptive evolution within marine rockfishes (Sebastes). BMC Genomics. 16:656.
3. Heras, J., Koop, B. F., and Aguilar, A. (2011) A transcriptomic scan for positively selected genes in two closely related marine fishes: Sebastes caurinus and S. rastrelliger. Marine Genomics. 4(2): 93-98.
2. Baumsteiger, J., Swift, H. F., Lehman, Lehman, J. M., Heras, J., and Gomez-Daglio, L. (2010) Getting to the root of phylogenetics. Frontiers of Biogeography. 2(3): 68-69.
1. De Ley, P., De Ley, I. T., Morris, K., Abebe, E., Mundo, M., Heras, J., Waumann D., Olivares, A. R., Burr, J., Baldwin, J. G., and Kelly, W. K. (2005) An integrated approach to fast and informative morphological vouchering of nematodes for application in molecular barcoding. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 360: 1945-1958.