Meredith Protas

Dominican University of California — United States

Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physical Sciences

18h-index3.2kcitations29works0.72yr avg
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Research Topics

Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy(19), Marine Ecology and Invasive Species(11), Amphibian and Reptile Biology(5), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies(4), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation(3)

Publications29 total

Comparative Embryology and Transcriptomics of <i>Asellus infernus</i>, an Isopod Crustacean From Sulfidic Groundwater
Evolution & Development·2025Open Access
Genetic bias in repeated evolution of pigment loss in cave populations of the <i>Asellus aquaticus</i> species complex
Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
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2024
Transcriptomic analysis of cave, surface, and hybrid samples of the isopod Asellus aquaticus and identification of chromosomal location of candidate genes for cave phenotype evolution
EvoDevo·2023· 4 citedOpen Access
Standing genetic variation as a potential mechanism of novel cave phenotype evolution in the freshwater isopod, <i>Asellus aquaticus</i>
Evolution & Development·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
List of contributors
Elsevier eBooks·2023
The Asellus aquaticus species complex
Elsevier eBooks·2023· 7 cited
Fundamental research questions in subterranean biology
Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society·2020· 137 citedOpen Access
Developmental Transcriptomic Analysis of the Cave-Dwelling Crustacean, Asellus aquaticus
Genes·2019· 14 citedOpen Access
Developmental transcriptomic analysis of the cave-dwelling crustacean, <i>Asellus aquaticus</i>
2019· 2 citedOpen Access
Embryonic origin and genetic basis of cave associated phenotypes in the isopod crustacean Asellus aquaticus
Scientific Reports·2018· 24 citedOpen Access
Common Genetic Basis of Eye and Pigment Loss in Two Distinct Cave Populations of the Isopod Crustacean Asellus aquaticus
Integrative and Comparative Biology·2018· 31 citedOpen Access
Mutations of conserved non-coding elements of PITX2 in patients with ocular dysgenesis and developmental glaucoma
Human Molecular Genetics·2017· 41 citedOpen Access
Opsin Repertoire and Expression Patterns in Horseshoe Crabs: Evidence from the Genome of<i>Limulus polyphemus</i>(Arthropoda: Chelicerata)
Genome Biology and Evolution·2016· 56 citedOpen Access
A Transcriptomic Analysis of Cave, Surface, and Hybrid Isopod Crustaceans of the Species Asellus aquaticus
PLoS ONE·2015· 40 citedOpen Access
Using phylogenetically-informed annotation (PIA) to search for light-interacting genes in transcriptomes from non-model organisms
BMC Bioinformatics·2014· 87 citedOpen Access
Unraveling the thread of nature’s tapestry: the genetics of diversity and convergence in animal pigmentation
Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research·2012· 137 citedOpen Access
Evolution and development in cave animals: from fish to crustaceans
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Developmental Biology·2012· 179 citedOpen Access
Genetic basis of eye and pigment loss in the cave crustacean, <i>Asellus aquaticus</i>
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2011· 118 citedOpen Access
Knockdown of <i>Parhyale Ultrabithorax</i> recapitulates evolutionary changes in crustacean appendage morphology
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2009· 106 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Nipam H. Patel(7), Joshua B. Gross(7), Žiga Fišer(7), Clifford J. Tabin(6), Peter Trontelj(6), William R. Jeffery(4), Richard Borowsky(4), Melissa D. Conrad(3), Аnа Sofiа P. S. Reboleirа(3), Dennis A Sun(3), Lizet Reyes Rodas(3), Oriol Vidal(2), Stefano Mammola(2), Maria Elina Bichuette(2), Steven J. Cooper(2), David C. Culver(2), David Eme(2), Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira(2), Cene Fišer(2), Daniel W. Fong(2)