Porter Vision Lab

2023

• Palecanda S, E Madrid, ML Porter (2023) Molecular Evolution of Malacostracan Short Wavelength Sensitive Opsins. Journal of Molecular Evolution.

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• McDonald MS, JH Cohen, ML Porter (2023) Physiological and behavioral evidence for multiple spectral channels in the larval stomatopod visual system. Journal of Experimental Biology.

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• Palecanda S, M Steck, ML Porter (2023) Increasing complexity of opsin expression across stomatopod development. Ecology and Evolution.

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• Steck M, KC Theam, ML Porter (2023) The cornucopia of copepod eyes: the evolution of extreme visual system novelty. (invited submission for Distributed Vision: From Simple Sensors to Sophisticated Combination Eyes)

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• McDonald MS, KD Feller, ML Porter (2023) Investigation of the ultrastructures and retinal arrangements of larval stomatopod eyes. Arthropod Structure and Development.

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• Gossett JM, ML Porter, YM Vasques, GM Bennett, RA Chong. (2023) Genomic comparisons reveal selection pressure and functional variation between nutritional endosymbionts of cave-adapted and epigean Hawaiian planthoppers. Genome Biology and Evolution.

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• McDonald M, ML Porter (2023) Effect of light environment on prey consumption in two species of larval stomatopods, Gonodactylaceus falcatus (Forskål, 1775) and Gonodactylellus sp. Journal of Crustacean Biology.

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• Feller K, ML Porter (2023) Photonic tinkering in the open ocean. Science.

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• Sieriebriennikov B, ML Porter, J Mlejnek, KE Short, F Lebhardt, I Holguera, M Perry, C Desplan (2023) Whole genome sequence of a long-legged fly Condylostylus longicornis from Hawaiʻi. Frontiers in Genetics.

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• Benito JB, ML Porter, ML Niemiller (2023) Comparative mitogenomic analysis of subterranean and surface amphipods (Crustacea, Amphipoda) with special reference to the family Crangonyctidae. BioRxiv.

 

2022

• Steck M, E Winnicki, DR Kobayashi, JL Whitney, ST Ahyong, ML Porter (2022) Hawaiian larval stomatopods: molecular and morphological diversity. Zootaxa

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• Chong RA, CM Cosse, V Gaytan, DS Green, CJ Kane, KA Kasal, ZK Kon, RE Maxwell, V Olaru, TD Pham, MLF Precourt, JR Romero, WJ Rothschild, SN Sales, TD Sensano, WE Simko, IJ Smith, MA Toor, AR Wilson, ML Porter (2022) Genome Sequence of Arthrobacter Phage NathanVaag. Microbiology Resource Announcements

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• Cronin TW, ML Porter, MJ Bok, RL Caldwell, J Marshall (2022) Colour vision in stomatopod crustaceans. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.

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• Palecanda S, T Iwanicki, M Steck, ML Porter (2022) Crustacean conundrums: a review of opsin diversity and evolution. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B (invited submission).​

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• Peter D Fowler, S Nguyentran, L Quatroche, ML Porter, V Kobbekaduwa, S Tippin, Guy Miller, E Dinh, E Foster, JI Tsao (2022) Northward Expansion of Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) into Southwestern Michigan. Journal of Medical Entomology.

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• Rebecca A Chong, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa SEA-PHAGES students, Stuart P Donachie, Floyd A Reed, Megan L Porter (2022) Genome Sequence of Arthrobacter globiformis Phage KeAlii from Hawaiʻi. Microbiology Resource Announcements.

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• Martin Gühmann, Megan L Porter, Michael J Bok (2022) The Gluopsins: Opsins without the Retinal Binding Lysine. Cells

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• ML Porter, H Lutz, M Steck, RA Chong (2022) The complete mitochondrial genomes and phylogenetic analysis of two Nycteribiidae bat flies (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea). Mitochondrial DNA Part B.

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• RA Chong, M Steck, ML Porter (2022) Complete mitochondrial genomes and phylogenetic analysis of the Hawaiian planthoppers Iolania perkinsi and Oliarus cf. filicicola (Hemiptera: Cixiidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B.

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• MS McDonald, S Palecanda, JH Cohen, ML Porter (2022) Ultraviolet vision in larval Neogonodactylus oerstedii. Journal of Experimental Biology.

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2021

• JB Benito, ML Porter, ML Niemiller (2021) The mitochondrial genomes of five spring and groundwater amphipods of the family Crangonyctidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from eastern North America. Mitochondrial DNA Part B

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• JS Harrison, ML Porter, MJ McHenry, HE Robinson, SN Patek (2021) Scaling and development of elastic mechanisms: the tiny strikes of larval mantis shrimp. Journal of Experimental Biology.

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• ML Porter, TW Cronin, CW Dick, N Simon, K Dittmar (2021) Visual system characterization of the obligate bat ectoparasite Trichobius frequens (Diptera: Streblidae). Arthropod Structure and Development.

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• Kathryn D Feller, Camilla R Sharkey, Alyssa McDuffee-Altekruse, Heather D Bracken-Grissom, Nathan P Lord, Megan L Porter, Lorian E Schweikert (2021) Surf and turf vision: Patterns and predictors of visual acuity in compound eye evolution. Arthropod Structure and Development.

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