Curriculum Vitae
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Publications
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194. Brownstein, C.D.*, R.C. Harrington*, O.A. Radchenko, and T.J. Near. In press. The many origins of extremophile fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
193. Brownstein, C.D.*, R.C. Harrington*, L.R.V. Alencar, D.R. Bellwood, J.H. Choat, L.A. Rocha, P.C. Wainwright, J. Tavera, E.D. Burress, M.M. Muñoz, P.F. Cowman, and T.J. Near. In press. Phylogenomics establishes an Early Miocene reconstruction of reef vertebrate diversity. Science Advances
192. Thacker, C.E. and T.J. Near. In press. Phylogeny, biology, and evolution of acanthopterygian fish clades. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. DOI: 10.1007/s11160-025-09935-w
191. Brownstein, C.D.*, A. Dornburg*, and T.J. Near. In press. Cenozoic evolutionary history obscures the Mesozoic origins of acanthopterygian fishes. Evolution. DOI: 10.1093/evolut/qpaf040
190. Mallik, R.*, D.J. Wcisel, J.A. Yoder, T.J. Near, and A. Dornburg*. 2025. Investigating the impact of whole genome duplication on transposable element evolution in ray-finned fishes. Genome Biology and Evolution. 17(1):evae272 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evae272
189. Ghezelayagh, A.*, J.W. Simmons, J.E. Wood*, T. Yamashita; M.R. Thomas, R.E. Blanton, O.D. Orr, D.J. MacGuigan*, D. Kim*, E. Benavides*, B.P. Keck*, R.C. Harrington*, and T.J. Near. 2025. Comparative species delimitation of a biological conservation icon. Current Biology. 35(2):398-406.e4 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.11.053 Press coverage: The New York Times, Yale News, Smithsonian Magazine, Jonathan Turley, and Science
188. Brownstein, C.D.* and T.J. Near. In press. Towards a phylogenetic taxonomy of sturgeons (Acipenseriformes: Acipenseridae). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13684043
187. Brownstein, C.D.*, T.J. Near, and R.P. Dearden. 2024. The Paleozoic assembly of the holocephalian body plan far preceded post-Cretaceous radiations into the ocean depths. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 291:20241824. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2024.1824
186. Melo, B.F., R.P. Ota, R.C. Benine, F.R. Carvalho, F.C.T. Lima, G.M. Mattox, C.S. Souza, T.C. Faria, L. Reia, F.F. Roxo, M. Valdez-Moreno, T.J. Near, and C. Oliveira. 2024. Phylogenomics of Characidae, a hyper-diverse Neotropical freshwater fish lineage, with a phylogenetic classification including four families (Teleostei: Characiformes). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 202(1):zlae101 DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae101
185. Peart, C.R.*, R. Bills, J. Newton, T.J. Near, J.J. Day. 2024. Do sympatric catfish radiations in Lake Tanganyika show eco-morphological diversification? In revision. Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society. 3(1):kzae015. DOI: 10.1093/evolinnean/kzae015
184. Brownstein, C.D.* and T.J. Near. 2024. Exceptional persistence through mass extinctions in jawless vertebrates from the deep sea. BMC Ecology & Evolution. 24:79. DOI: 10.1186/s12862-024-02253-y
183. Brownstein, C.D.*, K.L. Zapfe, R.C. Harrington*, A. Ghezelayagh*, A. Dornburg*, and T.J. Near. 2024. Synergistic innovations enabled the radiation of anglerfishes in the deep open ocean. Current Biology. 34(11): R549-R551. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.04.066 Press coverage: Science, Yale News, The New York Times, and The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (at 5:06 mark).
182. Brownstein, C.D.* and T.J. Near. In press. A giant raptorial bowfin from a Paleocene hothouse ecosystem in North America. Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae042
181. Dornburg, A.*, K. Zapfe, R. Williams, M.E. Alfaro, R. Morris, H. Adachi, J. Flores, F. Santini, T.J. Near, and B. Frédérich. 2024. Considering decoupled phenotypic diversification between ontogenetic phases in macroevolution: an example using Triggerfishes (Balistidae). Systematic Biology. 72(2):434–454. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syae014
180. Nash, J.A.*, R.C. Harrington*, K. Zyskowski, T.J. Near, and R.O. Prum. 2024. Species status and phylogenetic relationships of the enigmatic Negros Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus arcanus). Ibis. 165(3):1023–1040. DOI: 10.1111/ibi.13305 Press Coverage: PhysOrg, EurekAltert, and YaleNews. Altmetric Attention Score: 106
179. Brownstein, C.D.* and T.J. Near. 2024. Evolutionary origins of the lampriform pelagic radiation. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 201(2):422-430. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad142
178. Kim, D.,* J.W. Simmons, and T.J. Near. 2024. Identification of non-native population and reconstruction of invasion routes in the Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus. Biological Invasions. 26:1241–1254. DOI: 10.1007/s10530-023-03241-x
177. Brownstein, C.D.,* D.J. MacGuigan,* D. Kim,* O.D. Orr,* L. Yang, S.R. David, B.R. Kreiser, and T.J. Near. 2024. The genomic signatures of evolutionary stasis. Evolution. 78(5): 821-831. DOI: 10.1093/evolut/qpae028 Press coverage: Science, YaleNews, National Geographic, Popular Science, and IFL Science. Altmetric Attention Score: 727
176. Harrington, R.C.,* M. Kolmann, J.J. Day, B.C. Faircloth, M. Friedman, and T.J. Near. 2024. Dispersal sweepstakes: biotic interchange propelled air breathing fishes across the globe. Journal of Biogeography. 51(5):797-813. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.14781 PDF Altmetric Attention Score: 19
175. Near, T.J. and C.E. Thacker. 2024. Phylogenetic classification of living and fossil ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 65(1):3-302. DOI: 10.3374/014.065.0101 Press coverage: Science and YaleNews. Humorous video by AVNJ at Youtube
174. Sinopoli, D., T.J. Near, S.R. David, P. Chakrabarty. 2024. Reassignment of a junior synonym of Lepisosteus oculatus Winchell 1864 to L. platostomus Rafinesque 1820. Zootaxa. 5432(1):139–144. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5432.1.11 PDF
173. Kim, D.,* M.F. Stokes,* S. Ebersole, and T.J. Near. 2023. Erosional exhumation of carbonate rock facilitates dispersal-mediated allopatric speciation in freshwater fishes. Evolution. 77:2442-2455. DOI: 10.1093/evolut/qpad156 PDF
172. Glass, J.R.,* R.C. Harrington,* P.F. Cowman,* B.C. Faircloth, and T.J. Near. 2023. Widespread sympatry in a species-rich clade of marine fishes (Carangoidei). Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 290:20230657. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.0657
171. MacGuigan, D.J.,* T.J. Krabbenhoft, R.C. Harrington,* D.K. Wainwright,* N.J.C. Blackstone, and T.J. Near. 2023. Lacustrine speciation associated with chromosomal inversion in a lineage of riverine fishes. Evolution. 77:1505-1521. DOI: 10.1093/evolut/qpad067 PDF
170. Thacker, C.E., W.T. McCraney, R.C. Harrington,* T.J. Near, J.J. Shelley, M. Adams, M.P. Hammer, and P.J. Unmack. 2023. Diversification of the sleepers (Gobiiformes: Gobioidei: Eleotridae) and the evolution of the root gobioid families. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 186:107841. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107841
169. Brownstein, C.D.,* R.C. Harrington, and T.J. Near. 2023. The biogeography of extant lungfishes traces the breakup of Gondwana. Journal of Biogeography. 50:1191-1198. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.14609
168. Stokes, M.F.,* D. Kim,* S.F. Gallen, E. Benavides,* B.P. Keck,* J. Wood,* S.L. Goldberg, I.J. Larsen, J.M. Molish, J.W. Simmons, T.J. Near, and J.T. Perron. 2023. Erosion of heterogeneous rock drives diversification of Appalachian fishes. Science. 380:855-859. DOI: 10.1126/science.add9791 Press coverage: MIT News and YaleNews Altmetric Attention Score: 177
167. Brownstein, C.D.*, L. Yang, M. Friedman, and T.J. Near. 2023. Phylogenomics of gars tracks 150 million years of continental fragmentation in the Northern Hemisphere. Systematic Biology. 72:213-227. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syac080 Altmetric Attention Score: 87
166. Near, T.J., J.W. Simmons, R.M. Strange, S.L. Brandt, M.R. Thomas, R.C. Harrington,* and D.J. MacGuigan*. 2023. Systematics of the Stripetail Darter, Etheostoma kennicotti (Putnam), and the distinctiveness of the upper Cumberland endemic Etheostoma cumberlandicum Jordan and Swain. Ichthyology & Herpetology. 111:204-221. DOI: 10.1643/i2021053
165. Thomas, M.R., R.E. Blanton, A. Ghezelayagh*, and T.J. Near. 2023. Species-level recognition and redescription of the Kentucky Arrow Darter, Etheostoma spilotum Gilbert (Percidae: Litocara). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 64:39-80. DOI: 10.3374/014.064.0103
164. Wood, J.E.*, R.C. Harrington*, Z.D. Alley, M.R. Thomas, J.W. Simmons, and T.J. Near. 2023. A new species of spottail darter endemic to the Clarks River in Kentucky and Tennessee (Percidae: Etheostomatinae: Etheostoma). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 64:11-37. DOI: 10.3374/014.064.0102
163. Brownstein, C.D.* and T.J. Near. 2023. Phylogenetics and the Cenozoic radiation of lampreys. Current Biology. 33:397-404. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.12.018 Press coverage: YaleNews. Altmetric Attention Score: 51
162. MacGuigan, D.J.,* O.D. Orr,* and T.J. Near. 2023. Phylogeography, hybridization, and species discovery in the Etheostoma nigrum complex (Percidae: Etheostoma: Boleosoma). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 178:107645. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107645
161. Brownstein, C.D.,* D. Kim,* O.D. Orr,* G.M. Hogue, B.H. Tracy, M.W. Pugh, R. Singer, C. Myles-McBurney, J.M. Mollish, J.W. Simmons, S.R. David, G. Watkins-Colwell, E.A. Hoffman, and T.J. Near. 2022. Hidden species diversity in an iconic living fossil vertebrate. Biology Letters. 18:20220395. DOI: 0.1098/rsbl.2022.0395 Altmetric Attention Score: 130
160. Parker, E.,* K.L. Zapfe, J. Yadav, B. Bruno Frédérich, C.D. Jones, E.P. Economo, S. Federman, T.J. Near, and A. Dornburg. 2022. Periodic environmental disturbance drives repeated ecomorphological diversification in an adaptive radiation of Antarctic fishes. American Naturalist. 200:E221-E236. DOI: 10.1086/721373
159. Parker, E.* and T.J. Near. 2022. Phylogeny reconciles classification in Antarctic plunderfishes. Ichthyology & Herpetology. 110:662-674. DOI: 10.1643/i2021126
158. MacGuigan, D.J.,* G.G. Mount, G.J. Watkins-Colwell, T.J. Near, and M.R. Lambert. 2022. Isolation-by-distance dominates population structure in a wide-ranging frog (Rana clamitans). Ichthyology & Herpetology. 110:602-617. DOI: 10.1643/h2021129
157. Ghezelayagh, A.,* R.C. Harrington,* E.D. Burress, M. Campbell, J.C. Buckner, P. Chakrabarty, J.R. Glass,* W.T. McCraney, P.J. Unmack, C.E. Thacker, M.E. Alfaro, S.T. Friedman, W.B. Ludt, P.F. Cowman,* M. Friedman, S.A. Price, A. Dornburg,* B.C. Faircloth, P.C. Wainwright, and T.J. Near. 2022. Prolonged morphological expansion of spiny-rayed fishes following the end-Cretaceous. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 6:1211-1220. DOI: 10.1038/s41559-022-01801-3 Altmetric Attention Score: 57
156. Kim, D.,* A.T. Taylor, and T.J. Near. 2022. Phylogenomics and species delimitation of the economically important Black Basses (Micropterus). Scientific Reports. 12:9113. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-11743-2 Top 100 in Earth, Environment and Ecology – 2022, Scientific Reports. Press coverage: Rome News Tribune, The Science Times, and YaleNews. Altmetric Attention Score: 96
155. Kim, D.-M.,* B.A. Bauer, and T.J. Near. 2022. Introgression and species delimitation in the Longear Sunfish Lepomis megalotis (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Centrarchidae). Systematic Biology. 71:273-285. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syab029
154. Melo, B., B. Sidlauskas, T.J. Near, F.F. Roxo, A. Ghezelayagh,* L.E. Ochoa, M.I. Stiassny, J. Arroyave, J. Chang, B.C. Faircloth, D.J. MacGuigan,* R.C. Harrington,* R.C. Benine, M.D. Burns, K. Hoekzema, N.C. Sanches, J.A. Maldonado-Ocampo, R.M.C. Castro, F. Foresti, M.E. Alfaro, and C. Oliveria. 2022. Accelerated diversification explains the exceptional species richness of an ancient lineage of tropical freshwater fishes. Systematic Biology. 71:78-92. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syab040 Altmetric Attention Score: 82
153. Parker, E.,* A. Dornburg,* C.D. Struthers, C.D. Jones, and T.J. Near. 2022. Phylogenomic species delimitation dramatically reduces species diversity in an Antarctic adaptive radiation. Systematic Biology. 71:58-77. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syab057
152. MacGuigan, D.J.,* C.W. Hoagstrom, S. Domisch, C.D. Husley, and T.J. Near. 2021. Integrative ichthyological species delimitation: reconciling genetic, phenotypic, environmental, and biogeographic evidence in Greenthroat Darter complex (Percidae: Etheostomatinae). Zoologica Scripta. 50:707-733. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12504
151. White, S.L., D.C. Kazyak, R.C. Harrington,* M.A. Kulp, J.M. Rash, T.C. Weathers, and T.J. Near. 2021. Phenotypic variation in Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill) at broad spatial scales makes morphology an insufficient basis for taxonomic reclassification of the species. Ichthyology and Herpetology. 109:743-752. DOI: 10.1643/i2020154
150. Dornburg, A.* and T.J. Near. 2021. The emerging phylogenetic perspective on the evolution of actinopterygian fishes. Annual Review of Ecology. Evolution, and Systematics. 52:427-452 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-122120-122554
149. Taylor, L.U., E. Benavides,* J.W. Simmons, and T.J. Near. 2021. Genomic and phenotypic divergence informs translocation strategies for an endangered freshwater fish. Molecular Ecology. 30:3394-3407 DOI: 10.1111/mec.15947
148. Harrington, R.C.,* M. Friedman, M. Miya, T.J. Near, and M. Campbell. 2021. Phylogenomic resolution of the monotypic and enigmatic Amarsipus, the Bagless Glassfish (Teleostei: Amarsipidae). Zoologica Scripta. 50:411-422 DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12477
147. Glass, J.R.,* S.R. Santos, J.S.K. Kauwe, B.D. Pickett, and T.J. Near. 2021. Phylogeography of two marine predators, Giant Trevally (Caranx ignobilis) and Bluefin Trevally (Caranx melampygus), across the Indo-Pacific. Bulletin of Marine Science. 97:257-280. DOI: 10.5343/bms.2019.0114
146. Near, T.J., D.J. MacGuigan,* Emily L. Boring, J.W. Simmons, B. Albanese, B.P. Keck, R.C. Harrington,* and G.R. Dinkins. 2021. A new species of bridled darter endemic to the Etowah River system in Georgia (Percidae: Etheostomatinae: Percina). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 62:15-42. DOI: 10.3374/014.062.0102 Press Coverage: Scientific American.
145. Near, T.J. and D.-M. Kim*. 2021. Phylogeny and time scale of diversification in the fossil-rich Sunfishes and Black Basses (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Centrarchidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 161:107156 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107156
144. Fan, G., Y. Song, L. Yang, X. Huang, S. Zhang, M. Zhang, X. Yang, Y. Chang, H. Zhang, Y. Li, S. Liu, L. Yu, J. Chu, I. Seim, C. Feng, T. J. Near, R. A. Wing, W. Wang, K. Wang, J. Wang, X. Xu, H. Yang, X. Liu, N. Chen and S. He. 2020. Initial data release and announcement of the 10,000 Fish Genomes Project (Fish10K). GigaScience 9, 2020:1-8 DOI: 10.1093/gigascience/giaa080 Altmetric Attention Score: 30
143. La Mesa, M., F. Donato, E. Riginella, C. Papetti, E. Parker,* and T.J. Near. 2020. Reproductive traits and age of barbled plunderfishes from the Weddell Sea. Antarctic Science 33:239-247 DOI: 10.1017/S0954102020000140
142. Moore, J.A. and T.J. Near. 2020. Teleostei. In K. de Queiroz, P.D. Cantino, and J. Gauthier (Eds) Phylonyms: a companion volume to the Phylocode pp. 716-723. Boca Raton: CRC Press.
141. Moore, J.A. and T.J. Near. 2020. Pan-Teleostei. In K. de Queiroz, P.D. Cantino, and J. Gauthier (Eds) Phylonyms: a companion volume to the Phylocode pp. 715-717. Boca Raton: CRC Press.
140. Moore, J.A. and T.J. Near. 2020. Neopterygii. In K. de Queiroz, P.D. Cantino, and J. Gauthier (Eds) Phylonyms: a companion volume to the Phylocode pp. 711-714. Boca Raton: CRC Press.
139. Moore, J.A. and T.J. Near. 2020. Pan-Neopterygii. In K. de Queiroz, P.D. Cantino, and J. Gauthier (Eds) Phylonyms: a companion volume to the Phylocode pp. 709-710. Boca Raton: CRC Press.
138. Moore, J.A. and T.J. Near. 2020. Actinopteri. In K. de Queiroz, P.D. Cantino, and J. Gauthier (Eds) Phylonyms: a companion volume to the Phylocode pp. 705-708. Boca Raton: CRC Press.
137. Moore, J.A. and T.J. Near. 2020. Pan-Actinopteri. In K. de Queiroz, P.D. Cantino, and J. Gauthier (Eds) Phylonyms: a companion volume to the Phylocode pp. 701-703. Boca Raton: CRC Press.
136. Moore, J.A. and T.J. Near. 2020. Actinopterygii. In K. de Queiroz, P.D. Cantino, and J. Gauthier (Eds) Phylonyms: a companion volume to the Phylocode pp. 695-699. Boca Raton: CRC Press.
135. Moore, J.A. and T.J. Near. 2020. Pan-Actinopterygii. In K. de Queiroz, P.D. Cantino, and J. Gauthier (Eds) Phylonyms: a companion volume to the Phylocode pp. 691-693. Boca Raton: CRC Press.
134. Moore, J.A. and T.J. Near. 2020. Osteichtyes. In K. de Queiroz, P.D. Cantino, and J. Gauthier (Eds) Phylonyms: a companion volume to the Phylocode pp. 685-689. Boca Raton: CRC Press.
133. Moore, J.A. and T.J. Near. 2020. Pan-Osteichtyes. In K. de Queiroz, P.D. Cantino, and J. Gauthier (Eds) Phylonyms: a companion volume to the Phylocode pp. 681-683. Boca Raton: CRC Press.
132. Harrington, R.C.,* J.W. Simmons, and T.J. Near. 2020. The geographic distribution of the imperiled Barrens Darter, Etheostoma forbesi, and threats of hybridization with the closely related Fringed Darter, Etheostoma crossopterum. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 61:3-21. DOI: doi.org/10.3374/014.061.0101
131. Yang, L., H. Jiang, Y. Wang, Y. Lei, N. Sun, W. Lv, C. Wang, T.J. Near, S. He. 2019. Expansion of vomeronasal receptor genes (OlfC) in the evolution of fright reaction in Ostariophysan fishes. Communications Biology. 2:235. DOI: 10.1038/s42003-019-0479-2
130. Friedman, M., K.L. Feilich, H.T. Beckett, M.E. Alfaro, B.C. Faircloth, D. Černý, M. Miya, T.J. Near, and R.C. Harrington*. 2019. A phylogenomic framework for pelagiarian fishes (Acanthomorpha: Percomorpha) highlights mosaic radiation in the open ocean. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 286: 20191502 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2019.1502 Altmetric Attention Score: 68
129. Daane, J. A. Dornburg*, P. Smits, D.J. MacGuigan*, M.B. Hawkins, T.J. Near, H.W. Detrich, III, and M.P. Harris. 2019. Historical contingency shapes adaptive radiation in Antarctic fishes. Nature Ecology & Evolution. DOI: 10.1038/s41559-019-0914-2 Press Coverage: Mirage and EurekAlert. Altmetric Attention Score: 117
128. Near, T.J., A. Ghezelayagh*, F.P. Ojeda, and A. Dornburg*. 2019. Recent diversification in an ancient lineage of notothenioid fishes (Bovichtus: Notothenioidei). Polar Biology. 42:943-952. DOI: 10.1007/s00300-019-02489-1
127. MacGuigan, D.J.* and T.J. Near. 2019. Phylogenomic signatures of ancient introgression in a rogue lineage of darters. (Teleostei: Percidae). Systematic Biology. 68:329-346. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syy074
126. Near, T.J., D.J. MacGuigan*, E. Parker*, C.D. Struthers, C.D. Jones, and A. Dornburg*. 2018. The utility of restriction site associated DNA sequencing (RADseq) for resolving Cenozoic adaptive radiations: a case study of Antarctic notothenioid fishes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 129:268-279. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.09.001
125. Rabosky, D.L., J. Chang, P.O. Title, P.F. Cowman*, L. Sallan, M. Friedman, K. Kaschner, C. Garilao, T.J. Near, and M.E. Alfaro. 2018. An inverse latitudinal gradient in speciation rate for marine fishes. Nature. 559:392-395. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0273-1 Press Coverage: EurekAlert. Altmetric Attention Score: 605
124. Alfaro, M.E., B.C. Faircloth, R.C. Harrington*, L. Sorenson, M. Friedman, C.E. Thacker, and T.J. Near. 2018. Explosive diversification of marine fishes at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2:688-696. DOI: 10.1038/s41559-018-0494-6 Press coverage: EurekAlert, Inside Science, ScienceDaily, and YaleNews. Altmetric Attention Score: 274
123. Near, T.J., J.W. Simmons, J.M. Mollish, M.A. Correa, E. Benavides*, R.C. Harrington*, and B.P. Keck*. 2017. A new species of logperch endemic to Tennessee (Percidae: Etheostomatinae: Percina). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 58:287-309. DOI: 10.3374/014.058.0203
122. Kozal, L.C., J.W. Simmons, J.M. Mollish, D.J. MacGuigan*, E. Benavides*, B.C. Keck*, and T.J. Near. 2017. Phylogenetic and morphological diversity of the Etheostoma zonistium species complex with description of a new species endemic to the Cumberland Plateau of Alabama. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 58:263-286. DOI: 10.3374/014.058.0202
121. Giles, S., G.-H. Xu, T.J. Near, and M. Friedman. 2017. Early members of a ‘living fossil’ lineage and the later origin of modern ray-finned fishes. Nature. 549:265-268. DOI: 10.1038/nature23654 Press coverage: PhysOrg, myScience, and ScienceNews. Altmetric Attention Score: 158
120. Chakrabarty, P, B.C. Faircloth, F. Alda, W.B. Ludt, C.D. McMahan, T.J. Near, A. Dornburg*, J.S. Albert, J. Arroyave, M.L.J. Stiassny, L. Sorenson, and M.E. Alfaro. 2017. Phylogenomic systematics of Ostariophysan fishes: ultraconserved elements support the surprising non-monophyly of Characiformes. Systematic Biology. 66:881-895. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syx038 Press coverage: EurekAlert and PhysOrg. Altmetric Attention Score: 70
119. Dornburg, A.*, S. Federman, A.D. Lamb, C.D. Jones, and T.J. Near. 2017. Cradles and museums of Antarctic biodiversity. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 1:1379-1384. DOI: 10.1038/s41559-017-0239-y Press Coverage: TheScientist and YaleNews. Altmetric Attention Score: 70
118. Shaffer, H.B., E. McCartney-Melstad, T.J. Near, G.G. Mount, and P.Q. Spinks. 2017. Phylogenomic analyses of 539 highly informative loci dates a fully resolved time tree for major clades of living turtles (Testudines). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 115:7-15. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.07.006
117. Dornburg, A.*, J.P. Townsend, W.R. Brooks, E.L. Spriggs, R.I. Eytan*, J.A. Moore, P.C. Wainwright, A. Lemmon, E.M. Lemmon, and T.J. Near. 2017. New insights on the sister lineage of percomorph fishes with an anchored hybrid enrichment database. Submitted to Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 110:27-38. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.02.017
116. Harrington, R.C.,* B.C. Faircloth, W. Leo Smith, T.J. Near, M.E. Alfaro and M. Friedman. 2016. Phylogenomic analysis of carangimorph fishes reveals flatfish asymmetry arose in a blink of the evolutionary eye. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 16:224. DOI: 10.1186/s12862-016-0786-x
115. Near, T.J., E.D. France, B.P. Keck*, and R.C. Harrington*. 2016. Systematics and taxonomy of the Snubnose Darter, Etheostoma simoterum (Cope). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 57:127-145. DOI: 10.3374/014.057.0203
114. Dornburg, A.*, S. Federman, R.I. Eytan*, and T.J. Near. 2016. Cryptic species diversity in sub-Antarctic islands: a case study of Lepidonotothen. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 104:32-43. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.07.013
113. Dornburg, A.*, R.I. Eytan*, S. Federman, J.N. Pennington, A.L. Stewart, C.D. Jones, and T.J. Near. 2016. Molecular data support the existence of two species of Cryodraco (Channichthyidae). Polar Biology. 39:1369-1379. DOI: 10.1007/s00300-015-1859-9
112. Price, S.A., T. Claverie, T.J. Near, and P.C. Wainwright. 2015. Phylogenetic insights into the history and diversification of fishes on reefs. Coral Reefs. 34:997-1009. DOI: 10.1007/s00338-015-1326-7
111. Near, T.J. and M.R. Thomas. 2015. A new barcheek darter species from Buck Creek (Cumberland River System), Kentucky (Percidae: Etheostomatinae: Catonotus: Oopareia). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 56:127-146. DOI: 10.3374/014.056.0202
110. Thacker, C.E., T.P. Satoh, E. Katayama, R.C. Harrington*, R.I. Eytan*, and T.J. Near. 2015 Molecular phylogeny of Percomorpha resolves Trichonotus as the sister lineage to Gobioidei (Teleostei: Gobiiformes) and confirms the polyphyly of the Trachinoidei. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 93:172-179. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.08.001
109. Eytan, R.I.*, B.R. Evans, A. Dornburg*, A.R. Lemmon, E. Moriarity Lemmon, P.C. Wainwright, and T.J. Near. 2015. Are 100 enough? Inferring acanthomorph teleost phylogeny using anchored hybrid enrichment. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 15:113. DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0415-0
108. Near, T.J., A. Dornburg*, R.C. Harrington*, C. Oliveira, T.W. Pietsch, C.E. Thacker, T.P. Satoh, E. Katayama, P.C. Wainwright, J.T. Eastman, and J.M. Beaulieu. 2015. Identification of the notothenioid sister lineage illuminates the biogeographic history of an Antarctic adaptive radiation. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 15:109. DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0362-9
107. Dornburg, A.*, M. Friedman, and T.J. Near. 2015. Phylogenetic analysis of molecular and morphological data highlights uncertainty in the relationships of fossil and living species of Elopomorpha (Actinopterygii: Teleostei). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 89:205-218. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.04.004
106. Bossu, C.M.* and T.J. Near. 2015. Ecological constraint and the evolution of sexual dichromatism in darters. Evolution. 69:1219-1231. DOI: 10.1111/evo.12655
105. Farina, S.C., T.J. Near, and W. E. Bemis. 2015. Evolution of the branchiostegal membrane and restricted gill openings in actinopterygian fishes. Journal of Morphology. 276:681-694. DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20371
104. Benton, M.J., Donoghue, P.C.J., Asher, R.J., Friedman, M., Near, T.J., and Vinther, J. 2015. Constraints on the timescale of animal evolutionary history. Palaeontologia Electronica 18.1.1FC; 1-106; palaeo-electronica.org/content/fc-1
103. Echelle, A.A., M.S. Schwemm, N.J. Lang, J.S. Baker, R.M. Wood, T.J. Near, and W.J. Fisher. 2015. Molecular systematics of the Least Darter (Percidae: Etheostoma microperca): historical biogeography and conservation implications. Copeia. 103:87-98. DOI: 10.1643/CG-14-082
102. Dornburg, A.,* J.A. Moore, J. M. Beaulieu, Eytan, R.I.,* and T.J. Near. 2015. The impact of shifts in marine biodiversity hotspots on patterns of range evolution: evidence from the Holocentridae (Squirrelfishes and Soldierfishes). Evolution. 69:146-161. DOI: 10.1111/evo.12562
101. Harrington, R.C.* and T.J. Near. 2015. Phylogenetic relationships of Goneaperca and the evolution of parental care in darters (Teleostei: Percidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 84:158-165. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.01.002
100. Robison, H.W., R.C. Cashner, M.E. Raley, and T.J. Near. 2014. A new species of darter from the Ouachita Highlands in Arkansas related to Percina nasuta (Percidae: Etheostomatinae). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 55:237-252. DOI: 10.3374/014.055.0211
99. Near, T.J., A. Dornburg*, and M. Friedman. 2014. Phylogenetic relationships and timing of diversification in gonorynchiform fishes inferred using nuclear gene DNA sequences (Teleostei: Ostariophysi). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 80:297-307. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.07.013
98. Dornburg, A.*, J.P. Townsend, and T.J. Near. 2014. Phylogenetic informativeness reconciles ray-finned fish molecular divergence times. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 14:169. DOI:10.1186/s12862-014-0169-0
97. Friedman, M., Z. Johanson, R.C. Harrington*, T.J. Near, and M.R. Graham. 2014. On fossils, phylogenies, and sequences of evolutionary change. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 281:20140115. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0115
96. Near, T.J., A. Dornburg*, M. Tokita, D. Suzuki, M.C. Brandley*, and M. Friedman. 2014. Boom and bust: ancient and recent diversification in bichirs (Polypteridae: Actinopterygii), a relictual lineage of ray-finned fishes. Evolution. 68:1014-1026. DOI: 10.1111/evo.12323
95. Price, S.A., L. Schmitz, C.E. Oufiero, R.I. Eytan*, A. Dornburg*, W.L. Smith, M. Friedman, T.J. Near, and P.C. Wainwright. 2014. Two waves of colonization straddling the K-Pg boundary formed the modern reef fish fauna. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 281:20140321. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0321 Press Coverage: ScienceDaily.
94. Bossu, C.M.*, Ceas, P.A., and Near, T.J. 2013. Paleodrainage connections and the historical biogeography of Orangethroat Darters (Percidae: Etheostoma: Ceasia). Molecular Ecology. 22:5397-5417. DOI: 10.1111/mec.12485
93. Friedman, M., B.P. Keck*, A. Dornburg*, R.I. Eytan*, C.H. Martin, C.D. Hulsey, P.C. Wainwright, and T.J. Near. 2013. Molecular and fossil evidence place the origin of cichlid fishes long after Gondwanan rifting. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 280:20131733. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1733
92. Friedman, M., Z. Johanson, R.C. Harrington*, T.J. Near, and M.R. Graham. 2013. The oldest fossil remora (Echeneoidea) reveals the evolutionary assembly of the adhesion disc. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 280:20131200. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1200 Press Coverage: ScienceDaily. Altmetric Attention Score: 86
91. Near, T.J., A. Dornburg*, R.I. Eytan*, B.P. Keck*, W.L. Smith, K.L. Kuhn, J.A.* Moore, S.A. Price, F.T. Burbrink, M. Friedman, and P.C. Wainwright. 2013. Phylogeny and tempo of diversification in the superradiation of spiny-rayed fishes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 110:12738-21743. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1304661110 Press Coverage: NewScientist, EurekAlert, and YaleNews. Altmetric Attention Score: 108
90. Niemiller, M.L.,* G.O. Graening, D.B. Fenolio, J.C. Godwind, J.R. Cooley, W.D. Pearson, B.M. Fitzpatrick and T.J. Near. 2013. Doomed before they are described? The need for conservation assessments of cryptic species complexes using the southern cavefish (Amblyopsidae: Typhlichthys) as a case study. Biodiversity and Conservation. 22:1799-1820. DOI: 10.1007/s10531-013-0514-4
89. Keck, B.P.* and T.J. Near. 2013. A new species of Nothonotus darter (Teleostei: Percidae) from the Caney Fork in Tennessee, USA. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 54:3-21. DOI: 10.3374/014.054.0101
88. Niemiller, M.L.,* J.R. McCandless, R.G. Reynolds, J. Caddle, T.J. Near, C. R. Tillquist, W.D. Pearson, and B.M. Fitzpatrick. 2013. Effects of climatic and geological processes during the Pleistocene on the evolutionary history of the Northern Cavefish, Amblyopsis spelaea (Teleostei: Amblyopsidae). Evolution. 67:1011-1025. DOI: 10.5061/dryad.25kd9
87. Bossu, C.M.* and T.J. Near. 2013. Characterization of a contemporaneous hybrid zone between two darter species (Etheostoma bison and E. caeruleum) in the Buffalo River System. Genetica. 141:75-88. DOI: 10.1007/s10709-013-9707-8
86. Niemiller, M.L.,* B.M. Fitzpatrick, P. Shah, L. Schmitz, and T.J. Near. 2013. Evidence for repeated loss of selective constraint in rhodopsin of amblyopsid cavefishes (Teleostei: Amblyopsidae). Evolution. 67:732-748. DOI: 10.1111/J.1558-5646.2012.01822.x
85. Near, T.J. and B.P. Keck*. 2013. Free from mitochondrial DNA: Nuclear genes and the inference of species trees among closely related darter lineages (Teleostei: Percidae: Etheostomatinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 66:868-876. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.11.009
84. Harrington, R.C.*, E. Benavides*, and T.J. Near. 2013. Phylogenetic inference of nuptial trait evolution in the context of asymmetrical introgression in North American darters (Teleostei). Evolution. 67:388-402. DOI: 10.1111/J.1558-5646.2012.01797.x
83. Price, S.A., J.J. Tavera, T.J. Near, and P.C. Wainwright. 2013. Elevated rates of morphological and functional diversification in reef-dwelling haemulid fishes. Evolution. 67:417-428. DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01773.x
82. Wainwright, P.C., W.L. Smith, J.S. Sparks, K.L. Tang, L.A. Ferry-Graham, R.I. Eytan*, and T.J. Near. 2012. The evolution of pharyngognathy: a phylogenetic and functional appraisal of the pharyngeal jaw key innovation in Labroidei and beyond. Systematic Biology. 61:1001-1027. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/sys060
81. Dornburg, A.*, J.A. Moore, R. Webster, D.L. Warren, M.C. Brandley*, T.L. Inglesias, P.C. Wainwright, and T.J. Near. 2012. Molecular phylogenetics of squirrelfishes and soldierfishes (Teleostei: Beryciformes: Holocentridae): reconciling more than 100 years of taxonomic confusion. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 65:727-738. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.07.020
80. Near, T.J., R.I. Eytan*, A. Dornburg*, K.L. Kuhn, J.A. Moore, M.P. Davis, P.C. Wainwright, M. Friedman, and Wm. Leo Smith. 2012. Resolution of ray-finned fish phylogeny and timing of diversification. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 109:13698-13703. DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.1206625109 Press Coverage: YaleNews. Altmetric Attention Score: 26
79. C.D. Jones and T.J. Near. 2012. The reproductive behaviour of Pogonophryne scotti confirms widespread egg-guarding parental care among the Antarctic notothenioids. Journal of Fish Biology. 80:2629-2635. DOI: 10.1111/J.1095-8649.2012.03282.X
78. Near, T.J. and B.P. Keck*. 2012. AFLPs do not support deep phylogenetic relationships among darters (Teleostei: Percidae: Etheostomatinae). Heredity. 108:647-648. DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2011.130
77. Wright, J.J., S.R. David, and T.J. Near. 2012. Gene trees, species trees, and morphology converge on a similar phylogeny of living gars (Actinopterygii: Holostei: Lepisosteidae), an ancient clade of ray-finned fishes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 63:848-856. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.02.033
76. Kelly, N.B., T.J. Near, and S.H. Alonzo. 2012. Diversification of egg-deposition behaviours and the evolution of male parental care in darters (Teleostei: Percidae: Etheostomatinae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 25:836-846. DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02473.x
75. Near, T.J., M. Sandel, K.L. Kuhn P.J.* Unmack, P.C. Wainwright, and W. Leo Smith. 2012. Nuclear gene-inferred phylogenies resolve the relationships of the enigmatic pygmy sunfishes, Elassoma (Teleostei: Percomorpha). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 63:388-395. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.01.011
74. Niemiller, M.L.,* T.J. Near, and B.M. Fitzpatrick. 2012. Delimiting species using multilocus data: diagnosing cryptic diversity in the southern cavefish, Typhlichthys subterraneus (Teleostei: Amblyopsidae). Evolution. 66:846-866. DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01480.x
73. Near, T.J., A. Dornburg*, K.L. Kuhn*, J.T. Eastman, J.N. Pennington, T. Patarnello, L. Zane, D.A. Fernández, and C.D. Jones. 2012. Ancient climate change, antifreeze, and the evolutionary diversification of Antarctic fishes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 109:3434-3439. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1115169109.
72. Lau, Y.-T., S.K. Parker, T.J. Near, and H.D. Detrich III. 2012. Evolution and function of the globin intergenic regulatory regions of the Antarctic dragonfishes (Notothenioidei: Bathydraconidae). Molecular Biology and Evolution. 29:1071-1080. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msr278
71. Dornburg, A.*, M.C. Brandley*, J.M. Beaulieu, M.R. McGowen, and T.J. Near. 2012. Relaxed clocks and inferences of heterogeneous patterns of nucleotide substitution and divergence time estimates across whales and dolphins (Mammalia: Cetacea). Molecular Biology and Evolution. 29:721-736. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msr228
70. Harrington, R.C.* and T.J. Near. 2012. Phylogenetic and coalescent strategies of species delimitation in snubnose darters (Percidae: Etheostoma). Systematic Biology. 61:63-79. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syr077
69. Near, T.J., C.M. Bossu*, G.S. Bradburd, R.L. Carlson, R.C. Harrington*, P.R. Hollingsworth*, B.P. Keck*, and D.A. Etnier. 2011. Phylogeny and temporal diversification of darters (Percidae: Etheostomatinae). Systematic Biology. 60:565-595. DOI: 10.1093/Sysbio/Syr052
68. Dornburg, A.*, B. Sidlauskas, F. Santini, L. Sorenson, T.J. Near, and M.E. Alfaro. 2011. The influence of an innovative locomotor strategy on phenotypic diversification: An example using triggerfishes (Balistidae). Evolution. 65:1912-1926. DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01275.x
67. Dornburg, A.*, J.M. Beaulieu, J.C. Oliver, and T.J. Near. 2011. Integrating fossil preservation biases in the selection of calibrations for molecular divergence time estimation. Systematic Biology. 60:519-527. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syr019
66. Price, S.A., R. Holzman, T.J. Near, and P.C. Wainwright. 2011. Coral reefs promote the evolution of morphological diversity and ecological novelty in labrid reef fishes. Ecology Letters. 14:462-469. DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01607.x
65. Kuhn, K.L.*, T.J. Near, H.W. Detrich III, and J.T. Eastman. 2011. Biology of the Antarctic dragonfish Vomeridens infuscipinnis (Notothenioidei: Bathydraconidae). Antarctic Science. 25:18-26. DOI: 10.1017/S095410201000060X
64. Ashton, M.J. and T.J. Near. 2010. Threatened fishes of the world: Percina bimaculata Haldeman 1844 (Percidae: Etheostomatinae). Environmental Biology of Fishes. 88:37-38. DOI: 10.1007/s10641-010-9611-3
63. Ghigliotti, L., T.J. Near, S. Ferrando, M. Vacchi, and E. Pisano. 2010. Cytogenetic diversity in Antarctic plunderfishes (Notothenioidei: Artedidraconidae). Antarctic Science. 22:805-814. DOI: 10.1017/S0954102010000660
62. Keck, B.P.* and T.J. Near. 2010. A young clade repeating an old pattern: Diversity in Nothonotus darters (Teleostei: Percidae) endemic to the Cumberland River. Molecular Ecology. 19:5030-5042. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04866.x
61. Price, S.A., P.C. Wainwright, D.R. Bellwood, E. Kazancioglu, D. C. Collar, and T.J. Near. 2010. Functional innovations and morphological diversification in parrotfishes. Evolution. 64:3057-3068. DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01036.x
60. Harmon, L.J., J.B. Losos, T.J. Davies, R.G. Gillespie, J.L. Gittleman, W.B. Jennings, K.H. Kozak, M.A. McPeek, F.Moreno-Roark, T.J. Near, A. Purvis, R.E. Ricklefs, D. Schluter, J.A. Schulte II, O. Seehausen, B.L. Sidlauskas, O. Torres-Carvajal, J.T. Weir, A.Ø. Mooers. 2010. Early bursts of body size and shape evolution are rare in comparative data. Evolution. 64:2385-2396. DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01025.x
59. Keck, B.P.* and T.J. Near. 2010. Geographic and temporal aspects of mitochondrial replacement in Nothonotus darters (Teleostei: Percidae: Etheostomatinae). Evolution. 64:1410-1428. DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00901.x
58. Near, T.J. and J. B. Koppelman. 2009. Species diversity, phylogeny, and phylogeography of Centrarchidae. Pp. 1-38. In: Centrarchid fishes: Diversity, biology, and conservation. Eds. S.J. Cooke and D.P. Philipp. Blackwell Science. DOI: 10.1002/9781444316032.ch1
57. Near, T.J. 2009. Notothenioid fishes (Notothenioidei). Pp. 339-343. In: Timetree of Life. Eds. S.B. Hedges and S. Kumar. Oxford University Press.
56. Near, T.J. and M. Miya. 2009. Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii). Pp. 328-331. In: Timetree of Life. Eds. S.B. Hedges and S. Kumar. Oxford University Press.
55. Keck, B.P.* and T.J. Near. 2009. Patterns of natural hybridization in darters (Percidae: Etheostomatinae). Copeia. 2009:758-773. DOI: 10.1643/CI-09-008
54. Eakin, R.R., J.T. Eastman, and T.J. Near. 2009. A new species and a molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Antarctic fish genus Pogonophryne (Notothenioidei: Artedidraconidae). Copeia. 2009:705-713. DOI: 10.1643/CI-09-024
53. Kuhn, K.L.* and T.J. Near. 2009. Phylogeny of Trematomus (Notothenioidei: Nototheniidae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences. Antarctic Science. 21:565-570. DOI: 10.1017/S0954102009990253
52. Ayache, N.C. and T.J. Near. 2009. The utility of morphological data in resolving the phylogenetic relationships of darters as exemplified with Etheostoma (Teleostei: Percidae). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 50:327-346. DOI: 10.3374/014.050.0203
51. Pasachnik, S.A., B.M. Fitzpatrick, T.J. Near, and A. C. Echternacht. 2009. Gene flow between an endangered endemic iguana, and its wide spread relative, on the island of Utila, Honduras: When is hybridization a threat? Conservation Genetics. 10:1247-1254. DOI: 10.1007/s10592-008-9692-0
50. Near, T.J. 2009. Conflict and resolution between phylogenies inferred from molecular and phenotypic datasets for hagfish, lampreys, and gnathostomes. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution. 312B:749-761. DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21293 Press Coverage: Nature.
49. Kazancioglu, E., T.J. Near, R. Hanel, and P.C. Wainwright. 2009. Influence of feeding functional morphology and sexual selection on diversification rate of parrotfishes (Scaridae). Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 276:3449-3446. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0876
48. Heckman, K.L., T.J. Near, and S.H. Alonzo. 2009. Phylogenetic relationships among Boleosoma darter species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 53:249-257. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.05.027
47. Bossu, C.M.* and T.J. Near. 2009. Gene trees reveal repeated instances of mitochondrial DNA introgression in orangethroat darters (Percidae: Etheostoma). Systematic Biology. 58:114-129. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syp014
46. Collar, D.C, B.C. O’Meara, P.C. Wainwright, and T.J. Near. 2009. Piscivory limits diversification of feeding morphology in centrarchid fishes. Evolution. 63:1557-1573. DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00626.x
45. Carlson, R.C., P.C. Wainwright, and T.J. Near. 2009. Relationship between species co-occurrence and rate of morphological change in Percina darters (Percidae: Etheostomatinae). Evolution. 63:767-778. DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00576.x
44. Kuhn, K.L.,* T.J. Near, C.D. Jones, and J.T. Eastman. 2009. Aspects of the biology and population genetics of the Antarctic nototheniid fish Trematomus nicolai. Copeia. 2009: 320-327. DOI: 10.1643/CG-08-087
43. Near, T.J., C.D. Jones, and J.T. Eastman. 2009. Geographic intraspecific variation in buoyancy within each of four species of Antarctic notothenioid fishes. Antarctic Science. 21:123-129. DOI: 10.1017/S0954102008001661
42. Hollingsworth, P.R.* and T.J. Near. 2009. Temporal patterns of diversification and microendemism in Eastern Highland endemic barcheek darters (Percidae: Etheostomatinae). Evolution. 63:228-243. DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00531.x PDF
41. Kawahara, R., M. Miya, K. Mabuchi, T.J. Near, and M. Nishida. 2009. Stickleback phylogenies resolved: Evidence from mitochondrial genomes and 11 nuclear genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 50:401-404. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.10.014 PDF Altmetric Attention Score: 11
40. Jones, C.D., M.E. Anderson, A.V. Balushkin, G. Duhamel, R.R. Eakin, J.T. Eastman, K.L. Kuhn*, G. Lecointre, T.J. Near, A.W. North, D.L. Stein, M. Vacchi, H.W. Detrich III. 2008. Abundance, new records and population structure of Antarctic demersal fishes from the northern Scotia Arc islands and Bouvetøya. Polar Biology. 31:1481-1497. DOI: 10.1007/s00300-008-0489-x PDF
39. Near, T.J. and C.-H.C. Cheng. 2008. Phylogenetics of notothenioid fishes (Teleostei: Acanthomorpha): Inferences from mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 47:832-840. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.11.027 PDF
38. Near, T.J. 2008. Rescued from synonymy: Percina bimaculata Haldeman, and a molecular phylogenetic analysis of logperch darters (Percidae: Etheostomatinae). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 49:1-18. DOI: 10.3374/0079-032X(2008)49[3:RFSARO]2.0.CO;2 PDF
37. Bolnick, D.I., M. Turelli, H. López-Fernández, P.C. Wainwright, and T.J. Near. 2008. Accelerated mitochondrial evolution and ‘Darwin’s corollary’: Asymmetric viability of reciprocal F1 hybrids in centrarchid fishes. Genetics. 178:1037-1048. DOI: 10.1534/genetics.107.081364 PDF
36. Keck, B.P.* and T.J. Near. 2008. Assessing phylogenetic resolution among mitochondrial, nuclear, and morphological datasets in Nothonotus darters (Teleostei: Percidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 46:708-720. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.08.015 PDF
35. Near, T.J., P.A. Meylan, and H.B. Shaffer. 2008. Caveats on the use of fossil calibrations for molecular dating: A reply to Parham and Irmis. American Naturalist. 171:137-140. DOI: 10.1086/524201 PDF
34. Iverson, J.B., R.M. Brown, T.S. Akre, T.J. Near, M. Le, R.C. Thompson, and D.E. Starkey. 2007. In search of the tree of life for turtles. Chelonian Research Monographs. 4:85-106. Download PDF here.
33. Page, L.M. and T.J. Near. 2007. A new darter from the Upper Tennessee River Drainage related to Percina macrocephala (Percidae; Etheostomatinae). Copeia. 2007:605-613. DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2007)2007[605:ANDFTU]2.0.CO;2 PDF
32. Mittelbach, G.G., D. Schemske, H.V. Cornell, A.P. Allen, J.M. Brown, M. Bush, S.P. Harrison, A.H. Hurlbert, N. Knowlton, H.A. Lessios, C.M. McCain, A.R. McCune, L.A. McDade, M.A. McPeek, T.J. Near, T.D. Price, R.E. Ricklefs, K. Roy, D.F. Sax, D. Schluter, J.M. Sobel, M. Turelli. 2007. Evolution and the latitudinal diversity gradient: Speciation, extinction, and biogeography. Ecology Letters. 10:315-331. DOI: 10.1111/J.1461-0248.2007.01020.X PDF Press Coverage: The Conversation. Altmetric Attention Score: 146
31. Near, T.J., B.J. Kendrick, H.W. Detrich, III, and C.D. Jones. 2007. Confirmation of neutral buoyancy in Aethotaxis mitopteryx DeWitt (Notothenioidei: Nototheniidae). Polar Biology. 30:443-447. DOI: 10.1007/s00300-006-0201-y PDF
30. Near, T.J., S.K. Parker, and H.W. Detrich, III. 2006. A genomic fossil reveals key steps in hemoglobin loss by the Antarctic icefishes. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 23:2008-2016. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msl071 PDF
29. Near, T.J. and M. Hardman. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships of Noturus stanauli and N. crypticus, two imperiled freshwater fish species from the southeastern United States. Copeia. 2006:378-383. DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2006)2006[378:PRONSA]2.0.CO;2 PDF
28. Bolnick, D.I, T.J. Near, D.C. Collar, and P.C. Wainwright. 2006. Body size divergence promotes post-zygotic reproductive isolation in centrarchids. Evolutionary Ecology Research. 8:903-913. See at Evolutionary Ecology Research website. PDF
27. Near, T.J. and B.P. Keck*. 2005. Dispersal, vicariance, and timing of diversification in Nothonotus darters. Molecular Ecology. 14:3485-3469. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02671.x PDF
26. Collar, D.C., T.J. Near, and P.C. Wainwright. 2005. Comparative analysis of morphological diversity: trophic evolution in centrarchid fishes. Evolution. 59:1783-1794. DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2005.tb01826.x PDF
25. Near, T.J., D.I. Bolnick, and P.C. Wainwright. 2005. Fossil calibrations and molecular divergence time estimates in centrarchid fishes (Teleostei: Centrarchidae). Evolution. 59:1768-1782. DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2005.tb01825.x PDF
24. Bolnick, D.I. and T.J. Near. 2005. Tempo of hybrid inviability in centrarchid fishes (Teleostei: Centrarchidae). Evolution. 59:1754-1767. DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2005.tb01824.x PDF
23. Near, T.J., P.A. Meylan, and H.B. Shaffer. 2005. Assessing concordance of fossil calibration points in molecular clock studies: an example using turtles. American Naturalist. 165:137-146. DOI: 10.1086/427734 PDF
22. Near, T.J. and M.F. Benard. 2004. Rapid allopatric speciation in logperch darters. Evolution. 58:2798-2808. DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb01631.x PDF
21. Near, T.J. and M.J. Sanderson. 2004. Assessing the quality of molecular divergence time estimates by fossil calibrations and fossil-based model selection. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences. 359:1477-1483. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1523 PDF
20. Near, T. J., J.J. Pesavento, and C.H. Cheng. 2004. Phylogenetic investigations of Antarctic notothenioid fishes (Perciformes: Notothenioidei) using complete gene sequences of the mitochondrial encoded 16S rRNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 32:881-891. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.01.002 PDF
19. Near, T.J., D.I. Bolnick, and P.C. Wainwright. 2004. Investigating phylogenetic relationships of sunfishes and black basses (Actinopterygii: Centrarchidae) using DNA sequences from mitochondrial and nuclear genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 32:344-357. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2003.12.010 PDF
18. Hulsey, C.D., F. J. García de León, Y. Sánchez Johnson, D.A. Hendrickson, T.J. Near. 2004. Temporal diversification of Mesoamerican cichlid fishes across a major biogeographic boundary. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 31:754-764. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2003.08.024 PDF
17. Near, T.J. 2004. Estimating divergence times of notothenioid fishes using a fossil-calibrated molecular clock. Antarctic Science. 16:37-44. DOI: 10.1017/S0954102004001798 PDF
16. Cheng, C. -H. C., L. Chen, T.J. Near, and Y. Jin. 2003. Functional antifreeze glycoprotein genes in temperate-water New Zealand nototheniid fish infer an Antarctic origin of speciation. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 20:1897-1908. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msg208 PDF
15. Page, L.M., M. Hardman, and T.J. Near. 2003. Phylogenetic relationships of barcheek darters (Percidae: Etheostoma, Subgenus Catonotus) with descriptions of two new species. Copeia. 2003:512-530. DOI: 10.1643/CI-02-259R PDF
14. Near, T.J., T.W. Kassler, J.B. Koppelman, C.B. Dillman, and D.P. Phillip. 2003. Speciation in North American black basses, Micropterus (Actinopterygii: Centrarchidae). Evolution. 57:1610-1621. DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb00368.x PDF
13. Near, T. J., J.J. Pesavento, and C.H. Cheng. 2003. Mitochondrial DNA, morphology, and the phylogenetic relationships of Antarctic icefishes (Notothenioidei: Channichthyidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 28:87-98. DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00029-0 PDF
12. Near, T. J., S.E. Russo, C.D. Jones, and A.L. DeVries. 2003. Ontogenetic shift in buoyancy and habitat in the Antarctic toothfish, Dissostichus mawsoni (Perciformes: Nototheniidae). Polar Biology. 26:124-128. DOI: 10.1007/s00300-002-0459-7 PDF
11. T. W. Kassler, J. B. Koppelman, T. J. Near, C. B. Dillman, J. M. Levengood, D. L. Swofford, J. L. VanOrman, J. E. Claussen, and D. P. Philipp. 2002. Molecular and morphological analyses of the black basses (Micropterus): Implications for taxonomy and conservation. D.P. Philipp and M. S. Ridgeway, editors. American Fisheries Society Symposium. 31: 291-322. See at American Fisheries Society PDF
10. Near, T. J. 2002. Phylogeny of the Acanthocephala and insights into the evolution of parasitism. Integrative and Comparative Biology (formerly American Zoologist). 42:668-677. DOI: 10.1093/icb/42.3.668 PDF
9. Near, T. J. 2002. Phylogenetic relationships of Percina (Percidae: Etheostomatinae). Copeia. 2002:1-14. DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2002)002[0001:PROPPE]2.0.CO;2 PDF
8. Near, T. J., L.M. Page, and R. L. Mayden. 2001. Intraspecific phylogeography of Percina evides (Percidae: Etheostomatinae): An additional test of the Central Highlands pre-Pleistocene vicariance hypothesis. Molecular Ecology. 10:2235-2240 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2001.01362.x PDF
7. Near, T. J., J. C. Porterfield, and L. M. Page. 2000. Evolution of cytochrome b and the molecular systematics of Ammocrypta (Percidae: Etheostomatinae). Copeia. 2000:701-711. DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2000)000[701:EOCBAT]2.0CO;2 PDF
6. Porterfield, J. C., L. M. Page, and T. J. Near. 1999. Phylogenetic analysis among fantail darters (Percidae: Etheostoma: Catonotus): Total evidence analysis of morphological and molecular data. Copeia. 1999:551-564. DOI: 10.2307/1447589 PDF
5. Garey, J.R., A. Schmidt-Rhaesa, T. J. Near, & S. A. Nadler. 1998. The evolutionary relationships of rotifers and acanthocephalans. Hydrobiologia. 387/388:83-91. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-4782-8_12 PDF
4. Song, C. B., T. J. Near, and L. M. Page. 1998. Phylogenetic relationships among percid fishes as inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome b DNA sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 10:343-353. DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1998.0542 PDF
3. Near, T. J., J. R. Garey, and S. A. Nadler. 1998. Phylogenetic relationships of the Acanthocephala inferred from 18S ribosomal DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 10:287-298. DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1998.0569 PDF
2. Garey, J. R., T. J. Near, M. R. Nonnemacher and S. A. Nadler. 1996. Molecular evidence for Acanthocephala as a sub-taxon of Rotifera. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 43:287-292. DOI: 10.1007/BF02338837 PDF
1. Nadler, S.A., R.L. Lindquist, and T.J. Near. 1995. Genetic structure of Midwestern Ascaris suum populations: A comparison of isozyme and RAPD markers. Journal of Parasitology. 81:385-394. DOI: 10.2307/3283820 PDF
Books
B1. Skelly, D.K. and T. J. Near. 2016. Exploration & discovery: treasures of the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History. Yale University Press: New Haven. 126 pp. See at Amazon.com
Edited works
E1. Collette, B.B. and T.J. Near (editors). 2019. Fishes of the western North Atlantic. Yale University Press: New Haven. 252 pp. See at Yale University Press
194. Brownstein, C.D.*, R.C. Harrington*, O.A. Radchenko, and T.J. Near. In press. The many origins of extremophile fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
193. Brownstein, C.D.*, R.C. Harrington*, L.R.V. Alencar, D.R. Bellwood, J.H. Choat, L.A. Rocha, P.C. Wainwright, J. Tavera, E.D. Burress, M.M. Muñoz, P.F. Cowman, and T.J. Near. In press. Phylogenomics establishes an Early Miocene reconstruction of reef vertebrate diversity. Science Advances
192. Thacker, C.E. and T.J. Near. In press. Phylogeny, biology, and evolution of acanthopterygian fish clades. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. DOI: 10.1007/s11160-025-09935-w
191. Brownstein, C.D.*, A. Dornburg*, and T.J. Near. In press. Cenozoic evolutionary history obscures the Mesozoic origins of acanthopterygian fishes. Evolution. DOI: 10.1093/evolut/qpaf040
190. Mallik, R.*, D.J. Wcisel, J.A. Yoder, T.J. Near, and A. Dornburg*. 2025. Investigating the impact of whole genome duplication on transposable element evolution in ray-finned fishes. Genome Biology and Evolution. 17(1):evae272 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evae272
189. Ghezelayagh, A.*, J.W. Simmons, J.E. Wood*, T. Yamashita; M.R. Thomas, R.E. Blanton, O.D. Orr, D.J. MacGuigan*, D. Kim*, E. Benavides*, B.P. Keck*, R.C. Harrington*, and T.J. Near. 2025. Comparative species delimitation of a biological conservation icon. Current Biology. 35(2):398-406.e4 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.11.053 Press coverage: The New York Times, Yale News, Smithsonian Magazine, Jonathan Turley, and Science
188. Brownstein, C.D.* and T.J. Near. In press. Towards a phylogenetic taxonomy of sturgeons (Acipenseriformes: Acipenseridae). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13684043
187. Brownstein, C.D.*, T.J. Near, and R.P. Dearden. 2024. The Paleozoic assembly of the holocephalian body plan far preceded post-Cretaceous radiations into the ocean depths. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 291:20241824. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2024.1824
186. Melo, B.F., R.P. Ota, R.C. Benine, F.R. Carvalho, F.C.T. Lima, G.M. Mattox, C.S. Souza, T.C. Faria, L. Reia, F.F. Roxo, M. Valdez-Moreno, T.J. Near, and C. Oliveira. 2024. Phylogenomics of Characidae, a hyper-diverse Neotropical freshwater fish lineage, with a phylogenetic classification including four families (Teleostei: Characiformes). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 202(1):zlae101 DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae101
185. Peart, C.R.*, R. Bills, J. Newton, T.J. Near, J.J. Day. 2024. Do sympatric catfish radiations in Lake Tanganyika show eco-morphological diversification? In revision. Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society. 3(1):kzae015. DOI: 10.1093/evolinnean/kzae015
184. Brownstein, C.D.* and T.J. Near. 2024. Exceptional persistence through mass extinctions in jawless vertebrates from the deep sea. BMC Ecology & Evolution. 24:79. DOI: 10.1186/s12862-024-02253-y
183. Brownstein, C.D.*, K.L. Zapfe, R.C. Harrington*, A. Ghezelayagh*, A. Dornburg*, and T.J. Near. 2024. Synergistic innovations enabled the radiation of anglerfishes in the deep open ocean. Current Biology. 34(11): R549-R551. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.04.066 Press coverage: Science, Yale News, The New York Times, and The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (at 5:06 mark).
182. Brownstein, C.D.* and T.J. Near. In press. A giant raptorial bowfin from a Paleocene hothouse ecosystem in North America. Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae042
181. Dornburg, A.*, K. Zapfe, R. Williams, M.E. Alfaro, R. Morris, H. Adachi, J. Flores, F. Santini, T.J. Near, and B. Frédérich. 2024. Considering decoupled phenotypic diversification between ontogenetic phases in macroevolution: an example using Triggerfishes (Balistidae). Systematic Biology. 72(2):434–454. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syae014
180. Nash, J.A.*, R.C. Harrington*, K. Zyskowski, T.J. Near, and R.O. Prum. 2024. Species status and phylogenetic relationships of the enigmatic Negros Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus arcanus). Ibis. 165(3):1023–1040. DOI: 10.1111/ibi.13305 Press Coverage: PhysOrg, EurekAltert, and YaleNews. Altmetric Attention Score: 106
179. Brownstein, C.D.* and T.J. Near. 2024. Evolutionary origins of the lampriform pelagic radiation. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 201(2):422-430. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad142
178. Kim, D.,* J.W. Simmons, and T.J. Near. 2024. Identification of non-native population and reconstruction of invasion routes in the Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus. Biological Invasions. 26:1241–1254. DOI: 10.1007/s10530-023-03241-x
177. Brownstein, C.D.,* D.J. MacGuigan,* D. Kim,* O.D. Orr,* L. Yang, S.R. David, B.R. Kreiser, and T.J. Near. 2024. The genomic signatures of evolutionary stasis. Evolution. 78(5): 821-831. DOI: 10.1093/evolut/qpae028 Press coverage: Science, YaleNews, National Geographic, Popular Science, and IFL Science. Altmetric Attention Score: 727
176. Harrington, R.C.,* M. Kolmann, J.J. Day, B.C. Faircloth, M. Friedman, and T.J. Near. 2024. Dispersal sweepstakes: biotic interchange propelled air breathing fishes across the globe. Journal of Biogeography. 51(5):797-813. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.14781 PDF Altmetric Attention Score: 19
175. Near, T.J. and C.E. Thacker. 2024. Phylogenetic classification of living and fossil ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 65(1):3-302. DOI: 10.3374/014.065.0101 Press coverage: Science and YaleNews. Humorous video by AVNJ at Youtube
174. Sinopoli, D., T.J. Near, S.R. David, P. Chakrabarty. 2024. Reassignment of a junior synonym of Lepisosteus oculatus Winchell 1864 to L. platostomus Rafinesque 1820. Zootaxa. 5432(1):139–144. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5432.1.11 PDF
173. Kim, D.,* M.F. Stokes,* S. Ebersole, and T.J. Near. 2023. Erosional exhumation of carbonate rock facilitates dispersal-mediated allopatric speciation in freshwater fishes. Evolution. 77:2442-2455. DOI: 10.1093/evolut/qpad156 PDF
172. Glass, J.R.,* R.C. Harrington,* P.F. Cowman,* B.C. Faircloth, and T.J. Near. 2023. Widespread sympatry in a species-rich clade of marine fishes (Carangoidei). Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 290:20230657. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.0657
171. MacGuigan, D.J.,* T.J. Krabbenhoft, R.C. Harrington,* D.K. Wainwright,* N.J.C. Blackstone, and T.J. Near. 2023. Lacustrine speciation associated with chromosomal inversion in a lineage of riverine fishes. Evolution. 77:1505-1521. DOI: 10.1093/evolut/qpad067 PDF
170. Thacker, C.E., W.T. McCraney, R.C. Harrington,* T.J. Near, J.J. Shelley, M. Adams, M.P. Hammer, and P.J. Unmack. 2023. Diversification of the sleepers (Gobiiformes: Gobioidei: Eleotridae) and the evolution of the root gobioid families. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 186:107841. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107841
169. Brownstein, C.D.,* R.C. Harrington, and T.J. Near. 2023. The biogeography of extant lungfishes traces the breakup of Gondwana. Journal of Biogeography. 50:1191-1198. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.14609
168. Stokes, M.F.,* D. Kim,* S.F. Gallen, E. Benavides,* B.P. Keck,* J. Wood,* S.L. Goldberg, I.J. Larsen, J.M. Molish, J.W. Simmons, T.J. Near, and J.T. Perron. 2023. Erosion of heterogeneous rock drives diversification of Appalachian fishes. Science. 380:855-859. DOI: 10.1126/science.add9791 Press coverage: MIT News and YaleNews Altmetric Attention Score: 177
167. Brownstein, C.D.*, L. Yang, M. Friedman, and T.J. Near. 2023. Phylogenomics of gars tracks 150 million years of continental fragmentation in the Northern Hemisphere. Systematic Biology. 72:213-227. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syac080 Altmetric Attention Score: 87
166. Near, T.J., J.W. Simmons, R.M. Strange, S.L. Brandt, M.R. Thomas, R.C. Harrington,* and D.J. MacGuigan*. 2023. Systematics of the Stripetail Darter, Etheostoma kennicotti (Putnam), and the distinctiveness of the upper Cumberland endemic Etheostoma cumberlandicum Jordan and Swain. Ichthyology & Herpetology. 111:204-221. DOI: 10.1643/i2021053
165. Thomas, M.R., R.E. Blanton, A. Ghezelayagh*, and T.J. Near. 2023. Species-level recognition and redescription of the Kentucky Arrow Darter, Etheostoma spilotum Gilbert (Percidae: Litocara). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 64:39-80. DOI: 10.3374/014.064.0103
164. Wood, J.E.*, R.C. Harrington*, Z.D. Alley, M.R. Thomas, J.W. Simmons, and T.J. Near. 2023. A new species of spottail darter endemic to the Clarks River in Kentucky and Tennessee (Percidae: Etheostomatinae: Etheostoma). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 64:11-37. DOI: 10.3374/014.064.0102
163. Brownstein, C.D.* and T.J. Near. 2023. Phylogenetics and the Cenozoic radiation of lampreys. Current Biology. 33:397-404. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.12.018 Press coverage: YaleNews. Altmetric Attention Score: 51
162. MacGuigan, D.J.,* O.D. Orr,* and T.J. Near. 2023. Phylogeography, hybridization, and species discovery in the Etheostoma nigrum complex (Percidae: Etheostoma: Boleosoma). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 178:107645. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107645
161. Brownstein, C.D.,* D. Kim,* O.D. Orr,* G.M. Hogue, B.H. Tracy, M.W. Pugh, R. Singer, C. Myles-McBurney, J.M. Mollish, J.W. Simmons, S.R. David, G. Watkins-Colwell, E.A. Hoffman, and T.J. Near. 2022. Hidden species diversity in an iconic living fossil vertebrate. Biology Letters. 18:20220395. DOI: 0.1098/rsbl.2022.0395 Altmetric Attention Score: 130
160. Parker, E.,* K.L. Zapfe, J. Yadav, B. Bruno Frédérich, C.D. Jones, E.P. Economo, S. Federman, T.J. Near, and A. Dornburg. 2022. Periodic environmental disturbance drives repeated ecomorphological diversification in an adaptive radiation of Antarctic fishes. American Naturalist. 200:E221-E236. DOI: 10.1086/721373
159. Parker, E.* and T.J. Near. 2022. Phylogeny reconciles classification in Antarctic plunderfishes. Ichthyology & Herpetology. 110:662-674. DOI: 10.1643/i2021126
158. MacGuigan, D.J.,* G.G. Mount, G.J. Watkins-Colwell, T.J. Near, and M.R. Lambert. 2022. Isolation-by-distance dominates population structure in a wide-ranging frog (Rana clamitans). Ichthyology & Herpetology. 110:602-617. DOI: 10.1643/h2021129
157. Ghezelayagh, A.,* R.C. Harrington,* E.D. Burress, M. Campbell, J.C. Buckner, P. Chakrabarty, J.R. Glass,* W.T. McCraney, P.J. Unmack, C.E. Thacker, M.E. Alfaro, S.T. Friedman, W.B. Ludt, P.F. Cowman,* M. Friedman, S.A. Price, A. Dornburg,* B.C. Faircloth, P.C. Wainwright, and T.J. Near. 2022. Prolonged morphological expansion of spiny-rayed fishes following the end-Cretaceous. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 6:1211-1220. DOI: 10.1038/s41559-022-01801-3 Altmetric Attention Score: 57
156. Kim, D.,* A.T. Taylor, and T.J. Near. 2022. Phylogenomics and species delimitation of the economically important Black Basses (Micropterus). Scientific Reports. 12:9113. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-11743-2 Top 100 in Earth, Environment and Ecology – 2022, Scientific Reports. Press coverage: Rome News Tribune, The Science Times, and YaleNews. Altmetric Attention Score: 96
155. Kim, D.-M.,* B.A. Bauer, and T.J. Near. 2022. Introgression and species delimitation in the Longear Sunfish Lepomis megalotis (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Centrarchidae). Systematic Biology. 71:273-285. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syab029
154. Melo, B., B. Sidlauskas, T.J. Near, F.F. Roxo, A. Ghezelayagh,* L.E. Ochoa, M.I. Stiassny, J. Arroyave, J. Chang, B.C. Faircloth, D.J. MacGuigan,* R.C. Harrington,* R.C. Benine, M.D. Burns, K. Hoekzema, N.C. Sanches, J.A. Maldonado-Ocampo, R.M.C. Castro, F. Foresti, M.E. Alfaro, and C. Oliveria. 2022. Accelerated diversification explains the exceptional species richness of an ancient lineage of tropical freshwater fishes. Systematic Biology. 71:78-92. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syab040 Altmetric Attention Score: 82
153. Parker, E.,* A. Dornburg,* C.D. Struthers, C.D. Jones, and T.J. Near. 2022. Phylogenomic species delimitation dramatically reduces species diversity in an Antarctic adaptive radiation. Systematic Biology. 71:58-77. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syab057
152. MacGuigan, D.J.,* C.W. Hoagstrom, S. Domisch, C.D. Husley, and T.J. Near. 2021. Integrative ichthyological species delimitation: reconciling genetic, phenotypic, environmental, and biogeographic evidence in Greenthroat Darter complex (Percidae: Etheostomatinae). Zoologica Scripta. 50:707-733. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12504
151. White, S.L., D.C. Kazyak, R.C. Harrington,* M.A. Kulp, J.M. Rash, T.C. Weathers, and T.J. Near. 2021. Phenotypic variation in Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill) at broad spatial scales makes morphology an insufficient basis for taxonomic reclassification of the species. Ichthyology and Herpetology. 109:743-752. DOI: 10.1643/i2020154
150. Dornburg, A.* and T.J. Near. 2021. The emerging phylogenetic perspective on the evolution of actinopterygian fishes. Annual Review of Ecology. Evolution, and Systematics. 52:427-452 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-122120-122554
149. Taylor, L.U., E. Benavides,* J.W. Simmons, and T.J. Near. 2021. Genomic and phenotypic divergence informs translocation strategies for an endangered freshwater fish. Molecular Ecology. 30:3394-3407 DOI: 10.1111/mec.15947
148. Harrington, R.C.,* M. Friedman, M. Miya, T.J. Near, and M. Campbell. 2021. Phylogenomic resolution of the monotypic and enigmatic Amarsipus, the Bagless Glassfish (Teleostei: Amarsipidae). Zoologica Scripta. 50:411-422 DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12477
147. Glass, J.R.,* S.R. Santos, J.S.K. Kauwe, B.D. Pickett, and T.J. Near. 2021. Phylogeography of two marine predators, Giant Trevally (Caranx ignobilis) and Bluefin Trevally (Caranx melampygus), across the Indo-Pacific. Bulletin of Marine Science. 97:257-280. DOI: 10.5343/bms.2019.0114
146. Near, T.J., D.J. MacGuigan,* Emily L. Boring, J.W. Simmons, B. Albanese, B.P. Keck, R.C. Harrington,* and G.R. Dinkins. 2021. A new species of bridled darter endemic to the Etowah River system in Georgia (Percidae: Etheostomatinae: Percina). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 62:15-42. DOI: 10.3374/014.062.0102 Press Coverage: Scientific American.
145. Near, T.J. and D.-M. Kim*. 2021. Phylogeny and time scale of diversification in the fossil-rich Sunfishes and Black Basses (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Centrarchidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 161:107156 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107156
144. Fan, G., Y. Song, L. Yang, X. Huang, S. Zhang, M. Zhang, X. Yang, Y. Chang, H. Zhang, Y. Li, S. Liu, L. Yu, J. Chu, I. Seim, C. Feng, T. J. Near, R. A. Wing, W. Wang, K. Wang, J. Wang, X. Xu, H. Yang, X. Liu, N. Chen and S. He. 2020. Initial data release and announcement of the 10,000 Fish Genomes Project (Fish10K). GigaScience 9, 2020:1-8 DOI: 10.1093/gigascience/giaa080 Altmetric Attention Score: 30
143. La Mesa, M., F. Donato, E. Riginella, C. Papetti, E. Parker,* and T.J. Near. 2020. Reproductive traits and age of barbled plunderfishes from the Weddell Sea. Antarctic Science 33:239-247 DOI: 10.1017/S0954102020000140
142. Moore, J.A. and T.J. Near. 2020. Teleostei. In K. de Queiroz, P.D. Cantino, and J. Gauthier (Eds) Phylonyms: a companion volume to the Phylocode pp. 716-723. Boca Raton: CRC Press.
141. Moore, J.A. and T.J. Near. 2020. Pan-Teleostei. In K. de Queiroz, P.D. Cantino, and J. Gauthier (Eds) Phylonyms: a companion volume to the Phylocode pp. 715-717. Boca Raton: CRC Press.
140. Moore, J.A. and T.J. Near. 2020. Neopterygii. In K. de Queiroz, P.D. Cantino, and J. Gauthier (Eds) Phylonyms: a companion volume to the Phylocode pp. 711-714. Boca Raton: CRC Press.
139. Moore, J.A. and T.J. Near. 2020. Pan-Neopterygii. In K. de Queiroz, P.D. Cantino, and J. Gauthier (Eds) Phylonyms: a companion volume to the Phylocode pp. 709-710. Boca Raton: CRC Press.
138. Moore, J.A. and T.J. Near. 2020. Actinopteri. In K. de Queiroz, P.D. Cantino, and J. Gauthier (Eds) Phylonyms: a companion volume to the Phylocode pp. 705-708. Boca Raton: CRC Press.
137. Moore, J.A. and T.J. Near. 2020. Pan-Actinopteri. In K. de Queiroz, P.D. Cantino, and J. Gauthier (Eds) Phylonyms: a companion volume to the Phylocode pp. 701-703. Boca Raton: CRC Press.
136. Moore, J.A. and T.J. Near. 2020. Actinopterygii. In K. de Queiroz, P.D. Cantino, and J. Gauthier (Eds) Phylonyms: a companion volume to the Phylocode pp. 695-699. Boca Raton: CRC Press.
135. Moore, J.A. and T.J. Near. 2020. Pan-Actinopterygii. In K. de Queiroz, P.D. Cantino, and J. Gauthier (Eds) Phylonyms: a companion volume to the Phylocode pp. 691-693. Boca Raton: CRC Press.
134. Moore, J.A. and T.J. Near. 2020. Osteichtyes. In K. de Queiroz, P.D. Cantino, and J. Gauthier (Eds) Phylonyms: a companion volume to the Phylocode pp. 685-689. Boca Raton: CRC Press.
133. Moore, J.A. and T.J. Near. 2020. Pan-Osteichtyes. In K. de Queiroz, P.D. Cantino, and J. Gauthier (Eds) Phylonyms: a companion volume to the Phylocode pp. 681-683. Boca Raton: CRC Press.
132. Harrington, R.C.,* J.W. Simmons, and T.J. Near. 2020. The geographic distribution of the imperiled Barrens Darter, Etheostoma forbesi, and threats of hybridization with the closely related Fringed Darter, Etheostoma crossopterum. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 61:3-21. DOI: doi.org/10.3374/014.061.0101
131. Yang, L., H. Jiang, Y. Wang, Y. Lei, N. Sun, W. Lv, C. Wang, T.J. Near, S. He. 2019. Expansion of vomeronasal receptor genes (OlfC) in the evolution of fright reaction in Ostariophysan fishes. Communications Biology. 2:235. DOI: 10.1038/s42003-019-0479-2
130. Friedman, M., K.L. Feilich, H.T. Beckett, M.E. Alfaro, B.C. Faircloth, D. Černý, M. Miya, T.J. Near, and R.C. Harrington*. 2019. A phylogenomic framework for pelagiarian fishes (Acanthomorpha: Percomorpha) highlights mosaic radiation in the open ocean. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 286: 20191502 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2019.1502 Altmetric Attention Score: 68
129. Daane, J. A. Dornburg*, P. Smits, D.J. MacGuigan*, M.B. Hawkins, T.J. Near, H.W. Detrich, III, and M.P. Harris. 2019. Historical contingency shapes adaptive radiation in Antarctic fishes. Nature Ecology & Evolution. DOI: 10.1038/s41559-019-0914-2 Press Coverage: Mirage and EurekAlert. Altmetric Attention Score: 117
128. Near, T.J., A. Ghezelayagh*, F.P. Ojeda, and A. Dornburg*. 2019. Recent diversification in an ancient lineage of notothenioid fishes (Bovichtus: Notothenioidei). Polar Biology. 42:943-952. DOI: 10.1007/s00300-019-02489-1
127. MacGuigan, D.J.* and T.J. Near. 2019. Phylogenomic signatures of ancient introgression in a rogue lineage of darters. (Teleostei: Percidae). Systematic Biology. 68:329-346. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syy074
126. Near, T.J., D.J. MacGuigan*, E. Parker*, C.D. Struthers, C.D. Jones, and A. Dornburg*. 2018. The utility of restriction site associated DNA sequencing (RADseq) for resolving Cenozoic adaptive radiations: a case study of Antarctic notothenioid fishes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 129:268-279. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.09.001
125. Rabosky, D.L., J. Chang, P.O. Title, P.F. Cowman*, L. Sallan, M. Friedman, K. Kaschner, C. Garilao, T.J. Near, and M.E. Alfaro. 2018. An inverse latitudinal gradient in speciation rate for marine fishes. Nature. 559:392-395. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0273-1 Press Coverage: EurekAlert. Altmetric Attention Score: 605
124. Alfaro, M.E., B.C. Faircloth, R.C. Harrington*, L. Sorenson, M. Friedman, C.E. Thacker, and T.J. Near. 2018. Explosive diversification of marine fishes at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2:688-696. DOI: 10.1038/s41559-018-0494-6 Press coverage: EurekAlert, Inside Science, ScienceDaily, and YaleNews. Altmetric Attention Score: 274
123. Near, T.J., J.W. Simmons, J.M. Mollish, M.A. Correa, E. Benavides*, R.C. Harrington*, and B.P. Keck*. 2017. A new species of logperch endemic to Tennessee (Percidae: Etheostomatinae: Percina). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 58:287-309. DOI: 10.3374/014.058.0203
122. Kozal, L.C., J.W. Simmons, J.M. Mollish, D.J. MacGuigan*, E. Benavides*, B.C. Keck*, and T.J. Near. 2017. Phylogenetic and morphological diversity of the Etheostoma zonistium species complex with description of a new species endemic to the Cumberland Plateau of Alabama. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 58:263-286. DOI: 10.3374/014.058.0202
121. Giles, S., G.-H. Xu, T.J. Near, and M. Friedman. 2017. Early members of a ‘living fossil’ lineage and the later origin of modern ray-finned fishes. Nature. 549:265-268. DOI: 10.1038/nature23654 Press coverage: PhysOrg, myScience, and ScienceNews. Altmetric Attention Score: 158
120. Chakrabarty, P, B.C. Faircloth, F. Alda, W.B. Ludt, C.D. McMahan, T.J. Near, A. Dornburg*, J.S. Albert, J. Arroyave, M.L.J. Stiassny, L. Sorenson, and M.E. Alfaro. 2017. Phylogenomic systematics of Ostariophysan fishes: ultraconserved elements support the surprising non-monophyly of Characiformes. Systematic Biology. 66:881-895. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syx038 Press coverage: EurekAlert and PhysOrg. Altmetric Attention Score: 70
119. Dornburg, A.*, S. Federman, A.D. Lamb, C.D. Jones, and T.J. Near. 2017. Cradles and museums of Antarctic biodiversity. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 1:1379-1384. DOI: 10.1038/s41559-017-0239-y Press Coverage: TheScientist and YaleNews. Altmetric Attention Score: 70
118. Shaffer, H.B., E. McCartney-Melstad, T.J. Near, G.G. Mount, and P.Q. Spinks. 2017. Phylogenomic analyses of 539 highly informative loci dates a fully resolved time tree for major clades of living turtles (Testudines). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 115:7-15. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.07.006
117. Dornburg, A.*, J.P. Townsend, W.R. Brooks, E.L. Spriggs, R.I. Eytan*, J.A. Moore, P.C. Wainwright, A. Lemmon, E.M. Lemmon, and T.J. Near. 2017. New insights on the sister lineage of percomorph fishes with an anchored hybrid enrichment database. Submitted to Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 110:27-38. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.02.017
116. Harrington, R.C.,* B.C. Faircloth, W. Leo Smith, T.J. Near, M.E. Alfaro and M. Friedman. 2016. Phylogenomic analysis of carangimorph fishes reveals flatfish asymmetry arose in a blink of the evolutionary eye. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 16:224. DOI: 10.1186/s12862-016-0786-x
115. Near, T.J., E.D. France, B.P. Keck*, and R.C. Harrington*. 2016. Systematics and taxonomy of the Snubnose Darter, Etheostoma simoterum (Cope). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 57:127-145. DOI: 10.3374/014.057.0203
114. Dornburg, A.*, S. Federman, R.I. Eytan*, and T.J. Near. 2016. Cryptic species diversity in sub-Antarctic islands: a case study of Lepidonotothen. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 104:32-43. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.07.013
113. Dornburg, A.*, R.I. Eytan*, S. Federman, J.N. Pennington, A.L. Stewart, C.D. Jones, and T.J. Near. 2016. Molecular data support the existence of two species of Cryodraco (Channichthyidae). Polar Biology. 39:1369-1379. DOI: 10.1007/s00300-015-1859-9
112. Price, S.A., T. Claverie, T.J. Near, and P.C. Wainwright. 2015. Phylogenetic insights into the history and diversification of fishes on reefs. Coral Reefs. 34:997-1009. DOI: 10.1007/s00338-015-1326-7
111. Near, T.J. and M.R. Thomas. 2015. A new barcheek darter species from Buck Creek (Cumberland River System), Kentucky (Percidae: Etheostomatinae: Catonotus: Oopareia). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 56:127-146. DOI: 10.3374/014.056.0202
110. Thacker, C.E., T.P. Satoh, E. Katayama, R.C. Harrington*, R.I. Eytan*, and T.J. Near. 2015 Molecular phylogeny of Percomorpha resolves Trichonotus as the sister lineage to Gobioidei (Teleostei: Gobiiformes) and confirms the polyphyly of the Trachinoidei. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 93:172-179. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.08.001
109. Eytan, R.I.*, B.R. Evans, A. Dornburg*, A.R. Lemmon, E. Moriarity Lemmon, P.C. Wainwright, and T.J. Near. 2015. Are 100 enough? Inferring acanthomorph teleost phylogeny using anchored hybrid enrichment. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 15:113. DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0415-0
108. Near, T.J., A. Dornburg*, R.C. Harrington*, C. Oliveira, T.W. Pietsch, C.E. Thacker, T.P. Satoh, E. Katayama, P.C. Wainwright, J.T. Eastman, and J.M. Beaulieu. 2015. Identification of the notothenioid sister lineage illuminates the biogeographic history of an Antarctic adaptive radiation. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 15:109. DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0362-9
107. Dornburg, A.*, M. Friedman, and T.J. Near. 2015. Phylogenetic analysis of molecular and morphological data highlights uncertainty in the relationships of fossil and living species of Elopomorpha (Actinopterygii: Teleostei). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 89:205-218. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.04.004
106. Bossu, C.M.* and T.J. Near. 2015. Ecological constraint and the evolution of sexual dichromatism in darters. Evolution. 69:1219-1231. DOI: 10.1111/evo.12655
105. Farina, S.C., T.J. Near, and W. E. Bemis. 2015. Evolution of the branchiostegal membrane and restricted gill openings in actinopterygian fishes. Journal of Morphology. 276:681-694. DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20371
104. Benton, M.J., Donoghue, P.C.J., Asher, R.J., Friedman, M., Near, T.J., and Vinther, J. 2015. Constraints on the timescale of animal evolutionary history. Palaeontologia Electronica 18.1.1FC; 1-106; palaeo-electronica.org/content/fc-1
103. Echelle, A.A., M.S. Schwemm, N.J. Lang, J.S. Baker, R.M. Wood, T.J. Near, and W.J. Fisher. 2015. Molecular systematics of the Least Darter (Percidae: Etheostoma microperca): historical biogeography and conservation implications. Copeia. 103:87-98. DOI: 10.1643/CG-14-082
102. Dornburg, A.,* J.A. Moore, J. M. Beaulieu, Eytan, R.I.,* and T.J. Near. 2015. The impact of shifts in marine biodiversity hotspots on patterns of range evolution: evidence from the Holocentridae (Squirrelfishes and Soldierfishes). Evolution. 69:146-161. DOI: 10.1111/evo.12562
101. Harrington, R.C.* and T.J. Near. 2015. Phylogenetic relationships of Goneaperca and the evolution of parental care in darters (Teleostei: Percidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 84:158-165. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.01.002
100. Robison, H.W., R.C. Cashner, M.E. Raley, and T.J. Near. 2014. A new species of darter from the Ouachita Highlands in Arkansas related to Percina nasuta (Percidae: Etheostomatinae). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 55:237-252. DOI: 10.3374/014.055.0211
99. Near, T.J., A. Dornburg*, and M. Friedman. 2014. Phylogenetic relationships and timing of diversification in gonorynchiform fishes inferred using nuclear gene DNA sequences (Teleostei: Ostariophysi). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 80:297-307. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.07.013
98. Dornburg, A.*, J.P. Townsend, and T.J. Near. 2014. Phylogenetic informativeness reconciles ray-finned fish molecular divergence times. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 14:169. DOI:10.1186/s12862-014-0169-0
97. Friedman, M., Z. Johanson, R.C. Harrington*, T.J. Near, and M.R. Graham. 2014. On fossils, phylogenies, and sequences of evolutionary change. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 281:20140115. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0115
96. Near, T.J., A. Dornburg*, M. Tokita, D. Suzuki, M.C. Brandley*, and M. Friedman. 2014. Boom and bust: ancient and recent diversification in bichirs (Polypteridae: Actinopterygii), a relictual lineage of ray-finned fishes. Evolution. 68:1014-1026. DOI: 10.1111/evo.12323
95. Price, S.A., L. Schmitz, C.E. Oufiero, R.I. Eytan*, A. Dornburg*, W.L. Smith, M. Friedman, T.J. Near, and P.C. Wainwright. 2014. Two waves of colonization straddling the K-Pg boundary formed the modern reef fish fauna. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 281:20140321. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0321 Press Coverage: ScienceDaily.
94. Bossu, C.M.*, Ceas, P.A., and Near, T.J. 2013. Paleodrainage connections and the historical biogeography of Orangethroat Darters (Percidae: Etheostoma: Ceasia). Molecular Ecology. 22:5397-5417. DOI: 10.1111/mec.12485
93. Friedman, M., B.P. Keck*, A. Dornburg*, R.I. Eytan*, C.H. Martin, C.D. Hulsey, P.C. Wainwright, and T.J. Near. 2013. Molecular and fossil evidence place the origin of cichlid fishes long after Gondwanan rifting. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 280:20131733. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1733
92. Friedman, M., Z. Johanson, R.C. Harrington*, T.J. Near, and M.R. Graham. 2013. The oldest fossil remora (Echeneoidea) reveals the evolutionary assembly of the adhesion disc. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 280:20131200. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1200 Press Coverage: ScienceDaily. Altmetric Attention Score: 86
91. Near, T.J., A. Dornburg*, R.I. Eytan*, B.P. Keck*, W.L. Smith, K.L. Kuhn, J.A.* Moore, S.A. Price, F.T. Burbrink, M. Friedman, and P.C. Wainwright. 2013. Phylogeny and tempo of diversification in the superradiation of spiny-rayed fishes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 110:12738-21743. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1304661110 Press Coverage: NewScientist, EurekAlert, and YaleNews. Altmetric Attention Score: 108
90. Niemiller, M.L.,* G.O. Graening, D.B. Fenolio, J.C. Godwind, J.R. Cooley, W.D. Pearson, B.M. Fitzpatrick and T.J. Near. 2013. Doomed before they are described? The need for conservation assessments of cryptic species complexes using the southern cavefish (Amblyopsidae: Typhlichthys) as a case study. Biodiversity and Conservation. 22:1799-1820. DOI: 10.1007/s10531-013-0514-4
89. Keck, B.P.* and T.J. Near. 2013. A new species of Nothonotus darter (Teleostei: Percidae) from the Caney Fork in Tennessee, USA. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 54:3-21. DOI: 10.3374/014.054.0101
88. Niemiller, M.L.,* J.R. McCandless, R.G. Reynolds, J. Caddle, T.J. Near, C. R. Tillquist, W.D. Pearson, and B.M. Fitzpatrick. 2013. Effects of climatic and geological processes during the Pleistocene on the evolutionary history of the Northern Cavefish, Amblyopsis spelaea (Teleostei: Amblyopsidae). Evolution. 67:1011-1025. DOI: 10.5061/dryad.25kd9
87. Bossu, C.M.* and T.J. Near. 2013. Characterization of a contemporaneous hybrid zone between two darter species (Etheostoma bison and E. caeruleum) in the Buffalo River System. Genetica. 141:75-88. DOI: 10.1007/s10709-013-9707-8
86. Niemiller, M.L.,* B.M. Fitzpatrick, P. Shah, L. Schmitz, and T.J. Near. 2013. Evidence for repeated loss of selective constraint in rhodopsin of amblyopsid cavefishes (Teleostei: Amblyopsidae). Evolution. 67:732-748. DOI: 10.1111/J.1558-5646.2012.01822.x
85. Near, T.J. and B.P. Keck*. 2013. Free from mitochondrial DNA: Nuclear genes and the inference of species trees among closely related darter lineages (Teleostei: Percidae: Etheostomatinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 66:868-876. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.11.009
84. Harrington, R.C.*, E. Benavides*, and T.J. Near. 2013. Phylogenetic inference of nuptial trait evolution in the context of asymmetrical introgression in North American darters (Teleostei). Evolution. 67:388-402. DOI: 10.1111/J.1558-5646.2012.01797.x
83. Price, S.A., J.J. Tavera, T.J. Near, and P.C. Wainwright. 2013. Elevated rates of morphological and functional diversification in reef-dwelling haemulid fishes. Evolution. 67:417-428. DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01773.x
82. Wainwright, P.C., W.L. Smith, J.S. Sparks, K.L. Tang, L.A. Ferry-Graham, R.I. Eytan*, and T.J. Near. 2012. The evolution of pharyngognathy: a phylogenetic and functional appraisal of the pharyngeal jaw key innovation in Labroidei and beyond. Systematic Biology. 61:1001-1027. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/sys060
81. Dornburg, A.*, J.A. Moore, R. Webster, D.L. Warren, M.C. Brandley*, T.L. Inglesias, P.C. Wainwright, and T.J. Near. 2012. Molecular phylogenetics of squirrelfishes and soldierfishes (Teleostei: Beryciformes: Holocentridae): reconciling more than 100 years of taxonomic confusion. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 65:727-738. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.07.020
80. Near, T.J., R.I. Eytan*, A. Dornburg*, K.L. Kuhn, J.A. Moore, M.P. Davis, P.C. Wainwright, M. Friedman, and Wm. Leo Smith. 2012. Resolution of ray-finned fish phylogeny and timing of diversification. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 109:13698-13703. DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.1206625109 Press Coverage: YaleNews. Altmetric Attention Score: 26
79. C.D. Jones and T.J. Near. 2012. The reproductive behaviour of Pogonophryne scotti confirms widespread egg-guarding parental care among the Antarctic notothenioids. Journal of Fish Biology. 80:2629-2635. DOI: 10.1111/J.1095-8649.2012.03282.X
78. Near, T.J. and B.P. Keck*. 2012. AFLPs do not support deep phylogenetic relationships among darters (Teleostei: Percidae: Etheostomatinae). Heredity. 108:647-648. DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2011.130
77. Wright, J.J., S.R. David, and T.J. Near. 2012. Gene trees, species trees, and morphology converge on a similar phylogeny of living gars (Actinopterygii: Holostei: Lepisosteidae), an ancient clade of ray-finned fishes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 63:848-856. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.02.033
76. Kelly, N.B., T.J. Near, and S.H. Alonzo. 2012. Diversification of egg-deposition behaviours and the evolution of male parental care in darters (Teleostei: Percidae: Etheostomatinae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 25:836-846. DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02473.x
75. Near, T.J., M. Sandel, K.L. Kuhn P.J.* Unmack, P.C. Wainwright, and W. Leo Smith. 2012. Nuclear gene-inferred phylogenies resolve the relationships of the enigmatic pygmy sunfishes, Elassoma (Teleostei: Percomorpha). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 63:388-395. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.01.011
74. Niemiller, M.L.,* T.J. Near, and B.M. Fitzpatrick. 2012. Delimiting species using multilocus data: diagnosing cryptic diversity in the southern cavefish, Typhlichthys subterraneus (Teleostei: Amblyopsidae). Evolution. 66:846-866. DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01480.x
73. Near, T.J., A. Dornburg*, K.L. Kuhn*, J.T. Eastman, J.N. Pennington, T. Patarnello, L. Zane, D.A. Fernández, and C.D. Jones. 2012. Ancient climate change, antifreeze, and the evolutionary diversification of Antarctic fishes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 109:3434-3439. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1115169109.
72. Lau, Y.-T., S.K. Parker, T.J. Near, and H.D. Detrich III. 2012. Evolution and function of the globin intergenic regulatory regions of the Antarctic dragonfishes (Notothenioidei: Bathydraconidae). Molecular Biology and Evolution. 29:1071-1080. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msr278
71. Dornburg, A.*, M.C. Brandley*, J.M. Beaulieu, M.R. McGowen, and T.J. Near. 2012. Relaxed clocks and inferences of heterogeneous patterns of nucleotide substitution and divergence time estimates across whales and dolphins (Mammalia: Cetacea). Molecular Biology and Evolution. 29:721-736. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msr228
70. Harrington, R.C.* and T.J. Near. 2012. Phylogenetic and coalescent strategies of species delimitation in snubnose darters (Percidae: Etheostoma). Systematic Biology. 61:63-79. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syr077
69. Near, T.J., C.M. Bossu*, G.S. Bradburd, R.L. Carlson, R.C. Harrington*, P.R. Hollingsworth*, B.P. Keck*, and D.A. Etnier. 2011. Phylogeny and temporal diversification of darters (Percidae: Etheostomatinae). Systematic Biology. 60:565-595. DOI: 10.1093/Sysbio/Syr052
68. Dornburg, A.*, B. Sidlauskas, F. Santini, L. Sorenson, T.J. Near, and M.E. Alfaro. 2011. The influence of an innovative locomotor strategy on phenotypic diversification: An example using triggerfishes (Balistidae). Evolution. 65:1912-1926. DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01275.x
67. Dornburg, A.*, J.M. Beaulieu, J.C. Oliver, and T.J. Near. 2011. Integrating fossil preservation biases in the selection of calibrations for molecular divergence time estimation. Systematic Biology. 60:519-527. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syr019
66. Price, S.A., R. Holzman, T.J. Near, and P.C. Wainwright. 2011. Coral reefs promote the evolution of morphological diversity and ecological novelty in labrid reef fishes. Ecology Letters. 14:462-469. DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01607.x
65. Kuhn, K.L.*, T.J. Near, H.W. Detrich III, and J.T. Eastman. 2011. Biology of the Antarctic dragonfish Vomeridens infuscipinnis (Notothenioidei: Bathydraconidae). Antarctic Science. 25:18-26. DOI: 10.1017/S095410201000060X
64. Ashton, M.J. and T.J. Near. 2010. Threatened fishes of the world: Percina bimaculata Haldeman 1844 (Percidae: Etheostomatinae). Environmental Biology of Fishes. 88:37-38. DOI: 10.1007/s10641-010-9611-3
63. Ghigliotti, L., T.J. Near, S. Ferrando, M. Vacchi, and E. Pisano. 2010. Cytogenetic diversity in Antarctic plunderfishes (Notothenioidei: Artedidraconidae). Antarctic Science. 22:805-814. DOI: 10.1017/S0954102010000660
62. Keck, B.P.* and T.J. Near. 2010. A young clade repeating an old pattern: Diversity in Nothonotus darters (Teleostei: Percidae) endemic to the Cumberland River. Molecular Ecology. 19:5030-5042. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04866.x
61. Price, S.A., P.C. Wainwright, D.R. Bellwood, E. Kazancioglu, D. C. Collar, and T.J. Near. 2010. Functional innovations and morphological diversification in parrotfishes. Evolution. 64:3057-3068. DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01036.x
60. Harmon, L.J., J.B. Losos, T.J. Davies, R.G. Gillespie, J.L. Gittleman, W.B. Jennings, K.H. Kozak, M.A. McPeek, F.Moreno-Roark, T.J. Near, A. Purvis, R.E. Ricklefs, D. Schluter, J.A. Schulte II, O. Seehausen, B.L. Sidlauskas, O. Torres-Carvajal, J.T. Weir, A.Ø. Mooers. 2010. Early bursts of body size and shape evolution are rare in comparative data. Evolution. 64:2385-2396. DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01025.x
59. Keck, B.P.* and T.J. Near. 2010. Geographic and temporal aspects of mitochondrial replacement in Nothonotus darters (Teleostei: Percidae: Etheostomatinae). Evolution. 64:1410-1428. DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00901.x
58. Near, T.J. and J. B. Koppelman. 2009. Species diversity, phylogeny, and phylogeography of Centrarchidae. Pp. 1-38. In: Centrarchid fishes: Diversity, biology, and conservation. Eds. S.J. Cooke and D.P. Philipp. Blackwell Science. DOI: 10.1002/9781444316032.ch1
57. Near, T.J. 2009. Notothenioid fishes (Notothenioidei). Pp. 339-343. In: Timetree of Life. Eds. S.B. Hedges and S. Kumar. Oxford University Press.
56. Near, T.J. and M. Miya. 2009. Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii). Pp. 328-331. In: Timetree of Life. Eds. S.B. Hedges and S. Kumar. Oxford University Press.
55. Keck, B.P.* and T.J. Near. 2009. Patterns of natural hybridization in darters (Percidae: Etheostomatinae). Copeia. 2009:758-773. DOI: 10.1643/CI-09-008
54. Eakin, R.R., J.T. Eastman, and T.J. Near. 2009. A new species and a molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Antarctic fish genus Pogonophryne (Notothenioidei: Artedidraconidae). Copeia. 2009:705-713. DOI: 10.1643/CI-09-024
53. Kuhn, K.L.* and T.J. Near. 2009. Phylogeny of Trematomus (Notothenioidei: Nototheniidae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences. Antarctic Science. 21:565-570. DOI: 10.1017/S0954102009990253
52. Ayache, N.C. and T.J. Near. 2009. The utility of morphological data in resolving the phylogenetic relationships of darters as exemplified with Etheostoma (Teleostei: Percidae). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 50:327-346. DOI: 10.3374/014.050.0203
51. Pasachnik, S.A., B.M. Fitzpatrick, T.J. Near, and A. C. Echternacht. 2009. Gene flow between an endangered endemic iguana, and its wide spread relative, on the island of Utila, Honduras: When is hybridization a threat? Conservation Genetics. 10:1247-1254. DOI: 10.1007/s10592-008-9692-0
50. Near, T.J. 2009. Conflict and resolution between phylogenies inferred from molecular and phenotypic datasets for hagfish, lampreys, and gnathostomes. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution. 312B:749-761. DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21293 Press Coverage: Nature.
49. Kazancioglu, E., T.J. Near, R. Hanel, and P.C. Wainwright. 2009. Influence of feeding functional morphology and sexual selection on diversification rate of parrotfishes (Scaridae). Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 276:3449-3446. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0876
48. Heckman, K.L., T.J. Near, and S.H. Alonzo. 2009. Phylogenetic relationships among Boleosoma darter species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 53:249-257. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.05.027
47. Bossu, C.M.* and T.J. Near. 2009. Gene trees reveal repeated instances of mitochondrial DNA introgression in orangethroat darters (Percidae: Etheostoma). Systematic Biology. 58:114-129. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syp014
46. Collar, D.C, B.C. O’Meara, P.C. Wainwright, and T.J. Near. 2009. Piscivory limits diversification of feeding morphology in centrarchid fishes. Evolution. 63:1557-1573. DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00626.x
45. Carlson, R.C., P.C. Wainwright, and T.J. Near. 2009. Relationship between species co-occurrence and rate of morphological change in Percina darters (Percidae: Etheostomatinae). Evolution. 63:767-778. DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00576.x
44. Kuhn, K.L.,* T.J. Near, C.D. Jones, and J.T. Eastman. 2009. Aspects of the biology and population genetics of the Antarctic nototheniid fish Trematomus nicolai. Copeia. 2009: 320-327. DOI: 10.1643/CG-08-087
43. Near, T.J., C.D. Jones, and J.T. Eastman. 2009. Geographic intraspecific variation in buoyancy within each of four species of Antarctic notothenioid fishes. Antarctic Science. 21:123-129. DOI: 10.1017/S0954102008001661
42. Hollingsworth, P.R.* and T.J. Near. 2009. Temporal patterns of diversification and microendemism in Eastern Highland endemic barcheek darters (Percidae: Etheostomatinae). Evolution. 63:228-243. DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00531.x PDF
41. Kawahara, R., M. Miya, K. Mabuchi, T.J. Near, and M. Nishida. 2009. Stickleback phylogenies resolved: Evidence from mitochondrial genomes and 11 nuclear genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 50:401-404. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.10.014 PDF Altmetric Attention Score: 11
40. Jones, C.D., M.E. Anderson, A.V. Balushkin, G. Duhamel, R.R. Eakin, J.T. Eastman, K.L. Kuhn*, G. Lecointre, T.J. Near, A.W. North, D.L. Stein, M. Vacchi, H.W. Detrich III. 2008. Abundance, new records and population structure of Antarctic demersal fishes from the northern Scotia Arc islands and Bouvetøya. Polar Biology. 31:1481-1497. DOI: 10.1007/s00300-008-0489-x PDF
39. Near, T.J. and C.-H.C. Cheng. 2008. Phylogenetics of notothenioid fishes (Teleostei: Acanthomorpha): Inferences from mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 47:832-840. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.11.027 PDF
38. Near, T.J. 2008. Rescued from synonymy: Percina bimaculata Haldeman, and a molecular phylogenetic analysis of logperch darters (Percidae: Etheostomatinae). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 49:1-18. DOI: 10.3374/0079-032X(2008)49[3:RFSARO]2.0.CO;2 PDF
37. Bolnick, D.I., M. Turelli, H. López-Fernández, P.C. Wainwright, and T.J. Near. 2008. Accelerated mitochondrial evolution and ‘Darwin’s corollary’: Asymmetric viability of reciprocal F1 hybrids in centrarchid fishes. Genetics. 178:1037-1048. DOI: 10.1534/genetics.107.081364 PDF
36. Keck, B.P.* and T.J. Near. 2008. Assessing phylogenetic resolution among mitochondrial, nuclear, and morphological datasets in Nothonotus darters (Teleostei: Percidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 46:708-720. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.08.015 PDF
35. Near, T.J., P.A. Meylan, and H.B. Shaffer. 2008. Caveats on the use of fossil calibrations for molecular dating: A reply to Parham and Irmis. American Naturalist. 171:137-140. DOI: 10.1086/524201 PDF
34. Iverson, J.B., R.M. Brown, T.S. Akre, T.J. Near, M. Le, R.C. Thompson, and D.E. Starkey. 2007. In search of the tree of life for turtles. Chelonian Research Monographs. 4:85-106. Download PDF here.
33. Page, L.M. and T.J. Near. 2007. A new darter from the Upper Tennessee River Drainage related to Percina macrocephala (Percidae; Etheostomatinae). Copeia. 2007:605-613. DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2007)2007[605:ANDFTU]2.0.CO;2 PDF
32. Mittelbach, G.G., D. Schemske, H.V. Cornell, A.P. Allen, J.M. Brown, M. Bush, S.P. Harrison, A.H. Hurlbert, N. Knowlton, H.A. Lessios, C.M. McCain, A.R. McCune, L.A. McDade, M.A. McPeek, T.J. Near, T.D. Price, R.E. Ricklefs, K. Roy, D.F. Sax, D. Schluter, J.M. Sobel, M. Turelli. 2007. Evolution and the latitudinal diversity gradient: Speciation, extinction, and biogeography. Ecology Letters. 10:315-331. DOI: 10.1111/J.1461-0248.2007.01020.X PDF Press Coverage: The Conversation. Altmetric Attention Score: 146
31. Near, T.J., B.J. Kendrick, H.W. Detrich, III, and C.D. Jones. 2007. Confirmation of neutral buoyancy in Aethotaxis mitopteryx DeWitt (Notothenioidei: Nototheniidae). Polar Biology. 30:443-447. DOI: 10.1007/s00300-006-0201-y PDF
30. Near, T.J., S.K. Parker, and H.W. Detrich, III. 2006. A genomic fossil reveals key steps in hemoglobin loss by the Antarctic icefishes. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 23:2008-2016. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msl071 PDF
29. Near, T.J. and M. Hardman. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships of Noturus stanauli and N. crypticus, two imperiled freshwater fish species from the southeastern United States. Copeia. 2006:378-383. DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2006)2006[378:PRONSA]2.0.CO;2 PDF
28. Bolnick, D.I, T.J. Near, D.C. Collar, and P.C. Wainwright. 2006. Body size divergence promotes post-zygotic reproductive isolation in centrarchids. Evolutionary Ecology Research. 8:903-913. See at Evolutionary Ecology Research website. PDF
27. Near, T.J. and B.P. Keck*. 2005. Dispersal, vicariance, and timing of diversification in Nothonotus darters. Molecular Ecology. 14:3485-3469. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02671.x PDF
26. Collar, D.C., T.J. Near, and P.C. Wainwright. 2005. Comparative analysis of morphological diversity: trophic evolution in centrarchid fishes. Evolution. 59:1783-1794. DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2005.tb01826.x PDF
25. Near, T.J., D.I. Bolnick, and P.C. Wainwright. 2005. Fossil calibrations and molecular divergence time estimates in centrarchid fishes (Teleostei: Centrarchidae). Evolution. 59:1768-1782. DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2005.tb01825.x PDF
24. Bolnick, D.I. and T.J. Near. 2005. Tempo of hybrid inviability in centrarchid fishes (Teleostei: Centrarchidae). Evolution. 59:1754-1767. DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2005.tb01824.x PDF
23. Near, T.J., P.A. Meylan, and H.B. Shaffer. 2005. Assessing concordance of fossil calibration points in molecular clock studies: an example using turtles. American Naturalist. 165:137-146. DOI: 10.1086/427734 PDF
22. Near, T.J. and M.F. Benard. 2004. Rapid allopatric speciation in logperch darters. Evolution. 58:2798-2808. DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb01631.x PDF
21. Near, T.J. and M.J. Sanderson. 2004. Assessing the quality of molecular divergence time estimates by fossil calibrations and fossil-based model selection. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences. 359:1477-1483. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1523 PDF
20. Near, T. J., J.J. Pesavento, and C.H. Cheng. 2004. Phylogenetic investigations of Antarctic notothenioid fishes (Perciformes: Notothenioidei) using complete gene sequences of the mitochondrial encoded 16S rRNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 32:881-891. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.01.002 PDF
19. Near, T.J., D.I. Bolnick, and P.C. Wainwright. 2004. Investigating phylogenetic relationships of sunfishes and black basses (Actinopterygii: Centrarchidae) using DNA sequences from mitochondrial and nuclear genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 32:344-357. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2003.12.010 PDF
18. Hulsey, C.D., F. J. García de León, Y. Sánchez Johnson, D.A. Hendrickson, T.J. Near. 2004. Temporal diversification of Mesoamerican cichlid fishes across a major biogeographic boundary. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 31:754-764. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2003.08.024 PDF
17. Near, T.J. 2004. Estimating divergence times of notothenioid fishes using a fossil-calibrated molecular clock. Antarctic Science. 16:37-44. DOI: 10.1017/S0954102004001798 PDF
16. Cheng, C. -H. C., L. Chen, T.J. Near, and Y. Jin. 2003. Functional antifreeze glycoprotein genes in temperate-water New Zealand nototheniid fish infer an Antarctic origin of speciation. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 20:1897-1908. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msg208 PDF
15. Page, L.M., M. Hardman, and T.J. Near. 2003. Phylogenetic relationships of barcheek darters (Percidae: Etheostoma, Subgenus Catonotus) with descriptions of two new species. Copeia. 2003:512-530. DOI: 10.1643/CI-02-259R PDF
14. Near, T.J., T.W. Kassler, J.B. Koppelman, C.B. Dillman, and D.P. Phillip. 2003. Speciation in North American black basses, Micropterus (Actinopterygii: Centrarchidae). Evolution. 57:1610-1621. DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb00368.x PDF
13. Near, T. J., J.J. Pesavento, and C.H. Cheng. 2003. Mitochondrial DNA, morphology, and the phylogenetic relationships of Antarctic icefishes (Notothenioidei: Channichthyidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 28:87-98. DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00029-0 PDF
12. Near, T. J., S.E. Russo, C.D. Jones, and A.L. DeVries. 2003. Ontogenetic shift in buoyancy and habitat in the Antarctic toothfish, Dissostichus mawsoni (Perciformes: Nototheniidae). Polar Biology. 26:124-128. DOI: 10.1007/s00300-002-0459-7 PDF
11. T. W. Kassler, J. B. Koppelman, T. J. Near, C. B. Dillman, J. M. Levengood, D. L. Swofford, J. L. VanOrman, J. E. Claussen, and D. P. Philipp. 2002. Molecular and morphological analyses of the black basses (Micropterus): Implications for taxonomy and conservation. D.P. Philipp and M. S. Ridgeway, editors. American Fisheries Society Symposium. 31: 291-322. See at American Fisheries Society PDF
10. Near, T. J. 2002. Phylogeny of the Acanthocephala and insights into the evolution of parasitism. Integrative and Comparative Biology (formerly American Zoologist). 42:668-677. DOI: 10.1093/icb/42.3.668 PDF
9. Near, T. J. 2002. Phylogenetic relationships of Percina (Percidae: Etheostomatinae). Copeia. 2002:1-14. DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2002)002[0001:PROPPE]2.0.CO;2 PDF
8. Near, T. J., L.M. Page, and R. L. Mayden. 2001. Intraspecific phylogeography of Percina evides (Percidae: Etheostomatinae): An additional test of the Central Highlands pre-Pleistocene vicariance hypothesis. Molecular Ecology. 10:2235-2240 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2001.01362.x PDF
7. Near, T. J., J. C. Porterfield, and L. M. Page. 2000. Evolution of cytochrome b and the molecular systematics of Ammocrypta (Percidae: Etheostomatinae). Copeia. 2000:701-711. DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2000)000[701:EOCBAT]2.0CO;2 PDF
6. Porterfield, J. C., L. M. Page, and T. J. Near. 1999. Phylogenetic analysis among fantail darters (Percidae: Etheostoma: Catonotus): Total evidence analysis of morphological and molecular data. Copeia. 1999:551-564. DOI: 10.2307/1447589 PDF
5. Garey, J.R., A. Schmidt-Rhaesa, T. J. Near, & S. A. Nadler. 1998. The evolutionary relationships of rotifers and acanthocephalans. Hydrobiologia. 387/388:83-91. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-4782-8_12 PDF
4. Song, C. B., T. J. Near, and L. M. Page. 1998. Phylogenetic relationships among percid fishes as inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome b DNA sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 10:343-353. DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1998.0542 PDF
3. Near, T. J., J. R. Garey, and S. A. Nadler. 1998. Phylogenetic relationships of the Acanthocephala inferred from 18S ribosomal DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 10:287-298. DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1998.0569 PDF
2. Garey, J. R., T. J. Near, M. R. Nonnemacher and S. A. Nadler. 1996. Molecular evidence for Acanthocephala as a sub-taxon of Rotifera. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 43:287-292. DOI: 10.1007/BF02338837 PDF
1. Nadler, S.A., R.L. Lindquist, and T.J. Near. 1995. Genetic structure of Midwestern Ascaris suum populations: A comparison of isozyme and RAPD markers. Journal of Parasitology. 81:385-394. DOI: 10.2307/3283820 PDF
Books
B1. Skelly, D.K. and T. J. Near. 2016. Exploration & discovery: treasures of the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History. Yale University Press: New Haven. 126 pp. See at Amazon.com
Edited works
E1. Collette, B.B. and T.J. Near (editors). 2019. Fishes of the western North Atlantic. Yale University Press: New Haven. 252 pp. See at Yale University Press