Publications
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., & 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., & 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., ... & 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., & 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., & 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., 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., 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.
14. Rankins, D. R., Herrera, M. J., Christensen, M. P., Chen, A., Hood, N. Z., Heras, J., & 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., & 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., ... & 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., & 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., & 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., 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., 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.
