2025 [55]Bertinetti C., Mosley C., Jones S., Torres-Dowdall J. (in review) Robust sensory traits across light habitats: Visual signals but not receptors vary in centrarchids inhabiting distinct photic environments.Molecular Ecologist: in review. [54] Mauro A., Zeller K.R.,Torres-Dowdall J., Ghalambor C.K (in press) Developmental plasticity does not improve performance during a species interaction: Implications for species turnover. EcologyDOI: 10.1002/ecy.4503 2024 [53]Bertinetti C., Meyer A., Torres-Dowdall J. (2024) Visual pigment chromophore usage in Nicaraguan Midas cichlids: phenotypic plasticity and genetic assimilation of cyp27c1 expression.Hydrobiolgia (request PDF). [52] Gerwin J.*, Torres-Dowdall J.*, Brown T., Meyer A., (2024) Expansion and Functional Diversification of Long-Wavelength-Sensitive Opsin in Anabantoid Fishes.J Mol Evol92, 432–448. (request PDF). [51]Torres-Dowdall J., Karagic N., Prabhukumar F., Meyer A., (2024) Differential regulation of opsin gene expression in response to internal and external stimuli.GBE 16. evae125. (request PDF). [50]Bertinetti C., Härer A., Karagic N., Meyer A., Torres-Dowdall J. (2024) Repeated Divergence in Opsin Genes Expression Mirrors Photic Habitat Changes in Rapidly Evolving Crater Lake Cichlid Fishes. American Naturalist 203: 604-617. (request PDF). 2023 [49]Jewell, H. K., Noguera, C. A., Hael, C. E., Torres-Dowdall, J., & Aguilera, G. (2023). Association of reproduction with seasonality in a subtropical viviparous fish, Jenynsia tucumana (Cyprinodontiformes: Anablepidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology. 2022 [48] Singh P., Irisarri I., Torres-Dowdall J., Thallinger G.G., Svardal H., Lemmon E.M., Lemmon A.R., Koblmüller S., Meyer A., Sturmbauer C (2022)Phylogenomics of trophically diverse cichlids disentangles processes driving adaptive radiation and repeated trophic transitions. Ecology and evolution 12(7): e9077 [47]Torres-Dowdall J., Rometsch S.J., Aguilera G., Kautt A.F., Reyes-Velasco J., Goyenola G., Petry A., Deprá G., da Graça, W., Meyer A. (2022) Genetic assimilation and the evolution of direction of genital asymmetry in anablepid fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286: 20220266. [46] Karagic N., Härer A., Meyer A., Torres-Dowdall J. (2022) Thyroid hormone tinkering elicits integrated phenotypic changes potentially explaining rapid adaptation of color vision in cichlid fish. Evolution 74: 837-845. [45] Härer A., Torres-Dowdall J., Ibrahim A., Meyer A. (2022) Heterogeneity across Neotropical aquatic environments affects prokaryotic and eukaryotic biodiversity based on environmental DNA. Environmental DNA 4: 469-484. 2021 44] Rometsch S.J., Torres-Dowdall J., Karagic N., Machado-Schiaffino G., Meyer A. (2021) Dual function and associated costs of a highly exaggerated trait in a cichlid fish.Ecology and Evolution 11: 17496-17508. [43] Mauro A.*, Torres-Dowdall J.*, Marshall C.A., Ghalambor C.K (2021) A genetically based ecological trade- off contributes to setting a geographic range limit. Ecology Letters24: 2739-2749. [42] Torres-Dowdall J., Karagic N., Härer A., Meyer A. (2021) Diversity in visual sensitivity across Neotropical cichlid fishes via differential expression and intraretinal variation of opsin genes. Molecular Ecology 30: 1880-1891. [41] Potter T., Bassar R.D, Bentzen P., Ruell E.W., Torres-Dowdall J., Handelsman C.A., Ghalambor C.K, Travis J., Reznick D.N., Coulson T. (2021) Environmental change, if unaccounted, prevents detection of cryptic evolution in a wild population.The American Naturalist 197: 29-46. 2020 [40] Kautt A., Kratochwil C.F., Nater A., Machado-Schiaffino G., Olave M., Henning F., Torres-Dowdall J, Härer A., Hulsey C.D., Franchini P., Pippel M., Myers E.W., Meyer A. (2020) Contrasting signatures of genomic divergence during sympatric speciation. Nature588: 106-111. [39] Härer A., Torres-Dowdall J., Rometsch S.J., Yohannes E., Machado-Schiaffino G., Meyer A. (2020) Parallel and non- parallel changes of the gut microbiota during trophic diversification in repeated young adaptive radiations of sympatric cichlid fish. Microbiome 8: 149. [38]Torres-Dowdall J., Rometsch S.J., Kautt A.F., Aguilera G., Meyer A. (2020) The direction of genital asymmetry is expressed stochastically in internally fertilizing anablepid fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 287:20200969. [37] Rometsch S.J., Torres-Dowdall J., Meyer A. (2020) Evolutionary dynamics of pre- and postzygotic reproductive isolation in cichlid fishes. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 375:20190535. [36] Schneider R.F.*, Rometsch S.J.*, Torres-Dowdall J., Meyer A. (2020) Habitat light sets the boundaries for the rapid evolution of cichlid fish vision, while sexual selection can tune it within those limits. Molecular Ecology. 29: 1476-1493. [35]Torres-Dowdall J., Rometsch S.J., Aguilera G., Goyenola G., Meyer A. (2020) Asymmetry in genitalia is in sync with lateralized mating behavior but not with the lateralization of other behaviors. Current Zoology 66: 71-81. 2019 [34] Reznick D.N., Bassar R.D, Handelsman C.A., Ghalambor C.K, Arendt J., Coulson T., Potter T., Ruell E., Torres-Dowdall J., Bentzen P., Travis J. (2019) Eco-evolutionary feedbacks predict the time course of rapid life history evolution. The American Naturalist 194: 671- 692. [33] Härer A., Karagic N., Meyer A., Torres-Dowdall J. (2019) Reverting ontogeny: rapid adaptive plasticity of color vision in cichlid fish. Royal Society Open Science 6: 190841. [32] Kratochwil C.F., Liang Y., Urban S., Torres-Dowdall J., Meyer A. (2019) Evolutionary dynamics of structural variation at a key locus for color pattern diversification in cichlid fishes. Genome Biology and Evolution. 11: 2452-3465. [31] Aguilera G., Terán G., Mirande J.M., Alonso F., Rometsch S., Meyer A., Torres-Dowdall J. (2019) Molecular and morphological convergence to sulfide-tolerant fishes in a new species of Jenynsia (Cyprinodontiformes: Anablepidae), the first extremophile member of the family. PLoS one14(7), e0218810. 2018 [30] Irisarri I., Singh P., Koblmüller S., Torres-Dowdall J., Franchini P, Henning F., Fischer C., Lemmon A.R., Lemmon E.M., Thallinger G.G., Sturmbauer C., Meyer A. (2018) Phylogenomics uncovers early hybridization and adaptive loci shaping the radiation of Lake Tanganyika cichlid fishes. Nature Communications. 9(1), 3159. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05479-9 [29] Härer A. §, Meyer A., Torres-Dowdall J. (2018) Convergent phenotypic evolution of the visual system via different molecular routes: How Neotropical cichlid fishes adapt to novel light environments. Evolution Letters 2: 341-354. [28] Karagic N. §, Härer A. §, Meyer A., Torres-Dowdall J. (2018) Heterochronic opsin expression due to early light deprivation results in drastically shifted visual sensitivity in a cichlid fish: Possible role of thyroid hormone signaling. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B. 330: 202-214. [27]Torres-Dowdall J., Karagic N., Plath M., Riesch R. (2018). Evolution in caves: Selection from darkness causes spinal deformities in teleost fishes. Biology Letters 14: 20180197. 2017 [26] Härer A.*, Torres-Dowdall J.*, Meyer A. (2017). Rapid adaptation to a novel light environment: The importance of ontogeny and phenotypic plasticity in shaping the visual system of Nicaraguan Midas cichlid fish (Amphilophus citrinellus spp.). Molecular Ecology 26: 5582– 5593. [25] Torres-Dowdall, J., Pierotti, E.J., Härer, A., Karagic, N., Wootering, J.M., Henning, F., Elmer, K.R., and A. Meyer. (2017). Rapid and parallel adaptive evolution of the visual system of Neotropical Midas cichlid fishes. Molecular Biology and Evolution 34:2469–2485. [24] Torres-Dowdall, J.*, Golcher-Benavides, J.*, Machado-Schiaffino, G., and A. Meyer. (2017). The role of rare morph advantage and conspicuousness in the stable gold-dark colour polymorphism of a crater lake Midas cichlid fish. Journal of Animal Ecology 86:1044-1053. [23] Fitzpatrick S.W., Handelsman C.A., Torres‐Dowdall J., Ruell E.W., Broder D., Kronenberger J.A., Reznick D.N., Ghalambor C.K., Angeloni L.M., Funk C.W. (2017). Gene flow constrains and facilitates genetically based Divergence in quantitative traits. Copeia 105:462-474. [22] Härer A., Torres-Dowdall J., Meyer A. (2017) The imperiled fish fauna in the Nicaragua Canal zone. Conservation Biology 31: 86-95. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12768 [21] Machado-Schiaffino, G., Kautt, A.F.*, Torres-Dowdall, J.*, Baumgarten, L., Henning, F. and A. Meyer. (2017). Incipient speciation driven by hypertrophied lips in Midas cichlids fish? Molecular Ecology 26: 2348-2362. 2016 [20] Kautt A., Machado-Schiaffino G., Torres-Dowdall J., Meyer A. (2016) Incipient sympatric speciation in Midas cichlid fish from the youngest and one of the smallest crater lakes in Nicaragua due to differential use of the benthic and limnetic habitats? Ecology and Evolution 6:5342-5357. doi: 10.1002/ece3.2287 [19] Fitzpatrick S.W., Gerberich J.C., Angeloni L.M., Bailey L.L., Broder E.D., Torres‐Dowdall J., Handelsman C.A., López‐ Sepulcre A., Reznick D.N., Ghalambor C.K. and Funk C.W. (2016). Gene flow from an adaptively divergent source causes rescue through genetic and demographic factors in two wild populations of Trinidadian guppies. Evolutionary Applications 9:879-891. doi: 10.1111/eva.12356 [18] Verheyen E, [and 69 others, including Torres-Dowdall J.] (2016). Oil extraction imperils Africa’s Great Lakes. Science 354: 561-562. 2015 [17]Torres-Dowdall J., Henning F., Elmer K.R., Meyer A. (2015) Ecological and lineage specific factors drive the molecular evolution of rhodopsin in cichlid fishes. Molecular Biology and Evolution 32: 2876-2882. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msv159 . [16] Handelsman C.A., Ruell E.W., Torres-Dowdall J., Ghalambor C.K. (2014) Phenotypic plasticity changes correlations of traits following experimental introductions of Trinidadian Guppies (Poecilia reticulata). Integrative and Comparative Biology, doi:10.1093/icb/icu112 . 2014 [15] Torres-Dowdall J., Machado-Schiaffino G., Kautt A.F., Kusche H., Meyer A. (2014) Differential predation on colour morphs of Nicaraguan Crater lake Midas cichlid fish: implications for the maintenance of gold-normal polymorphism. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 112:123-131. [14] Fitzpatrick S.W., Torres-Dowdall J., Reznick D.N., Ghalambor C.K., Funk C. (2014) Parallelism Isn’t Perfect: Could Disease and Flooding Drive a Life-History Anomaly in Trinidadian Guppies? The American Naturalist 183: 290-300. 2013 [13]Torres-Dowdall J., Dargent F., Handelsman C.A., Ramnarine I.W., Ghalambor C.K. (2013) Ecological correlates of the distribution limits of two poeciliid species across a salinity gradient. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 108: 790-805. [12] Dargent F., Torres-Dowdall J.,Scott M.E., Ramnarine I.W., Fussmann G.F. (2013) Can mixed-species groups reduce individual parasite load? A field test with two closely related Poeciliid fishes (Poecilia reticulata and Poecilia picta). PLoSone 8(2):e56789. 2012 [11] Torres-Dowdall J., Handelsman C.A., Reznick D.N., Ghalambor C.K. (2012) Local adaptation and the evolution of phenotypic plasticity in Trinidadian guppies (Poecilia reticulata). Evolution 66:3432-3443. [10]Torres-Dowdall J., Handelsman C.A., Ruell E., Auer S.K., Reznick D.N., Ghalambor C.K. (2012) Fine scale local adaptation in life histories along a continuous environmental gradient in Trinidadian guppies. Functional Ecology 26:616-627. 2011 [9] Echevarria A.L., Lobo Allende I.R., Juri M.D., Chani J.M., Torres-Dowdall J., Martín E. (2011) Composición, estructura y variación estacional de la comunidad de aves del Jardín Botánico de la Fundación Miguel Lillo, Tucumán, Argentina. Acta Zoologica Lilloana 55:123-136. 2010 [8]Torres-Dowdall J., Farmer A.H., Abril M., Bucher E.H., Ridley I. (2010) Trace elements have limited utility for studying migratory connectivity in shorebirds that winter in Argentina. Condor 112:490-498. 2009 [7]Torres-Dowdall J., Farmer A.H., Bucher E.H., Rye R.O., & Landis G. (2009) Population variation in the isotopic composition of shorebirds feathers: implications for determine molting grounds. Waterbirds 32:300-310. 2008 [6] Farmer A.H., Cade B.S, & Torres-Dowdall J. (2008) Fundamental limits to the accuracy of deuterium basemaps for identifying the spatial origin of birds. Oecologia 158:183-192. [5] Strum K.M., Alfaro M., Haase B, Hooper M.J., Johnson K.A., Lanctot R.B., Lesterhuis A.J., López L., Matz A.C., Morales C., Paulson B, Sandercock B.K., Torres-Dowdall J., & Zaccagnini M.E. (2008) Plasma cholinesterase for monitoring pesticide exposure in neotropical migratory shorebirds. Ornitologia Neotropical 19:641-651. 2007 [4]Torres-Dowdall J, Osorio F. & Suárez G.M. (2007). Materiales utilizados por el Picaflor Rubí (Sephanoides sephaniodes) para la construcción de nidos en la Selva Valdiviana, Chile. Ornitologia Neotropical 18:433-437. 2006 [3]Torres-Dowdall J, A Farmer; EH Bucher. (2006). Uso de isótopos estables para determinar conectividad migratoria en aves: Posibilidades y limitaciones (Using stable isotopes to determine migratory connectivity in birds: possibilities and limitations). El Hornero 21:73-84, Argentina. 2005 [2] Edelaar P., Torres-Dowdall J., & Abril M. (2005). Probable first record of a drinking seedsnipe (Family Thinocoridae) in the wild. WSG Bulletin 106:62-63. 2004 [1] Farmer A, Abril M, Fernandez M, Torres J, Kester C & Bern C. (2004). Using stable isotopes to associate migratory shorebirds with their wintering locations in Argentina. Ornitología Neotropical 15:377-384.
Books and Book Chapters [3]Torres-Dowdall J., Meyer A. (2021). Sympatric and allopatric diversification in the adaptive radiation of Midas cichlids in Nicaraguan lakes. In ME Abate and DLG Noakes (eds) The Behavior, Ecology and Evolution of Cichlid Fishes: A Contemporary Modern Synthesis. Fish & Fisheries Series, vol 40. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-2080-7_6. [2] Osinaga Acosta O, Torres-Dowdall J, Martin E, Lazcano E & Bucher E. (2007). Aves Playeras (Shorebirds). In Bañados del Río Dulce y Laguna Mar Chiquita. (E Bucher eds). Chapter 16: 263-275. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina. [1] Echevarria A, Chani J, Lobo I, Juri MD, Torres-Dowdall J, Martin E, Tribulo E. (2007). Aves del Jardín Botánico de la Fundación Miguel Lillo. Fundación Miguel Lillo, Tucumán, Argentina.