Rachel L. Moran

A chromosome-level genome of Astyanax mexicanus surface fish for comparing population-specific genetic differences contributing to trait evolution

Wesley C. Warren, Tyler E. Boggs, Richard Borowsky et al. · Nature Communications · 2021 · 129 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biology, Genetics +17

Selection-driven trait loss in independently evolved cavefish populations

Rachel L. Moran, Emilie J. Richards, Claudia Patricia Ornelas‐García et al. · Nature Communications · 2023 · 84 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biology, Evolutionary Biology +12

Pleiotropic function of the oca2 gene underlies the evolution of sleep loss and albinism in cavefish

Morgan O’Gorman, Sunishka Thakur, Gillian Imrie et al. · Current Biology · 2021 · 64 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Evolutionary Biology, Genetics +10

Hybridization underlies localized trait evolution in cavefish

Rachel L. Moran, James B. Jaggard, Emma Y. Roback et al. · iScience · 2022 · 59 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biology, Evolutionary Biology +14

Male and female contributions to behavioral isolation in darters as a function of genetic distance and color distance

Rachel L. Moran, Muchu Zhou, Julian Catchen et al. · Evolution · 2017 · 50 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biology, Zoology +17