Nidal Karagic

University of Helsinki — Finland

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

9h-index268citations18works2.82yr avg
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Research Topics

Retinal Development and Disorders(7), Fish biology, ecology, and behavior(5), Ichthyology and Marine Biology(4), Animal Behavior and Reproduction(3), Physiological and biochemical adaptations(3)

Publications18 total

Beyond the Classics: The Synergy of AI and Genomics Reveals A New Army of Pigmentation Genes
Preprints.org·2025Open Access
The next generation of colour pattern genomics
Nature Ecology & Evolution·2025
Differential Regulation of Opsin Gene Expression in Response to Internal and External Stimuli
Genome Biology and Evolution·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Repeated Divergence in Opsin Gene Expression Mirrors Photic Habitat Changes in Rapidly Evolving Crater Lake Cichlid Fishes
The American Naturalist·2024· 7 cited
Building and Managing a Tropical Fish Facility: A Do-It-Yourself Guide
arXiv (Cornell University)·2023Open Access
Thyroid hormone tinkering elicits integrated phenotypic changes potentially explaining rapid adaptation of color vision in cichlid fish
Evolution·2022· 18 citedOpen Access
Dual function and associated costs of a highly exaggerated trait in a cichlid fish
Ecology and Evolution·2021· 12 citedOpen Access
Diversity in visual sensitivity across Neotropical cichlid fishes via differential expression and intraretinal variation of opsin genes
Molecular Ecology·2021· 27 citedOpen Access
A Genomic Cluster Containing Novel and Conserved Genes is Associated with Cichlid Fish Dental Developmental Convergence
Molecular Biology and Evolution·2020· 20 cited
Phenotypic Plasticity in Vertebrate Dentitions
Integrative and Comparative Biology·2020· 9 citedOpen Access
Grand Challenges in Comparative Tooth Biology
Integrative and Comparative Biology·2020· 19 citedOpen Access
Reverting ontogeny: rapid phenotypic plasticity of colour vision in cichlid fish
Royal Society Open Science·2019· 36 citedOpen Access
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 Molecular and Developmental Evolution·2018· 22 cited
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Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution·2018Open Access
Evolution in caves: selection from darkness causes spinal deformities in teleost fishes
Biology Letters·2018· 16 citedOpen Access
Supplementary material from "Evolution in caves: selection from darkness causes spinal deformities in teleost fishes"
Figshare·2018Open Access
All data_Spinal Deformities.xlsx from Evolution in caves: selection from darkness causes spinal deformities in teleost fishes
Figshare·2018Open Access
Rapid and Parallel Adaptive Evolution of the Visual System of Neotropical Midas Cichlid Fishes
Molecular Biology and Evolution·2017· 78 citedOpen Access

Frequent Co-authors

Julián Torres‐Dowdall(12), Axel Meyer(12), Andreas Härer(7), C. Darrin Hulsey(3), Martin Plath(3), Rüdiger Riesch(3), Claudius F. Kratochwil(2), Michele E. R. Pierotti(1), Joost M. Woltering(1), Frederico Henning(1), Kathryn R. Elmer(1), Ralf Schneider(1), Karly E. Cohen(1), Zerina Johanson(1), Craig T. Miller(1), Alexa Sadier(1), Adam P. Summers(1), Gareth J. Fraser(1), Sina J. Rometsch(1), Gonzalo Machado‐Schiaffino(1)