2024

Stansfield, C. and Parsons, K. (2024) Developmental bias as a cause and consequence of adaptive radiation and divergence. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 12, 1453566. (doi: 10.3389/fcell.2024.1453566)

Brachmann, M. and Parsons, K. (2024) Adaptive divergence and radiations: insights from evo-devo. In: Reference Module in Life Sciences. Elsevier. ISBN 9780128096338 (doi: 10.1016/B978-0-443-15750-9.00012-4)

Smith, B., Costa, A. P.B., Kristjansson, B. K. and Parsons, K. J. (2024) Experimental evidence for adaptive divergence in response to a warmed habitat reveals roles for morphology, allometry, and parasite resistance. Ecology and Evolution, 14(2), e10907. (doi: 10.1002/ece3.10907) (PMID:38333102) (PMCID:PMC10850817)

2023

McWhinnie, K., Negi, D., Tanner, E. and Parsons, K. J. (2023) Functional trait plasticity diverges between sexes in African cichlids: A contribution toward ecological sexual dimorphism? Ecology and Evolution, 13(11), e10702. (doi: 10.1002/ece3.10702) (PMID:38034329) (PMCID:PMC10682861)

Pilakouta, N. et al. (2023) Testing the predictability of morphological evolution in contrasting thermal environments. Evolution, 77(1), pp. 239-253. (doi: 10.1093/evolut/qpac018) (PMID:36622731)

Pilakouta, N. , Killen, S. S. , Kristjánsson, B. K., Skúlason, S., Lindström, J. , Metcalfe, N. B. and Parsons, K. J. (2023) Geothermal stickleback populations prefer cool water despite multigenerational exposure to a warm environment. Ecology and Evolution, 13(1), e9654. (doi: 10.1002/ece3.9654) (PMID:36644700) (PMCID:PMC9831902)

Pilakouta, N. et al. (2023) A warmer environment can reduce sociability in an ectotherm. Global Change Biology, 29(1), pp. 206-214. (doi: 10.1111/gcb.16451) (PMID:36259414)

2022

Brachmann, M. K., Parsons, K. , Skúlason, S., Gaggiotti, O. and Ferguson, M. (2022) Variation in the genomic basis of parallel phenotypic and ecological divergence in benthic and pelagic morphs of Icelandic Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus). Molecular Ecology, 31(18), pp. 4688-4706. (doi: 10.1111/mec.16625) (PMID:35861579)

McWhinnie, K., Gibson, J., Gislason, M., Tanner, E. , Windmill, J., Albertson, R. C. and Parsons, K. (2022) Assessing the levels of functional adaptation: finite element analysis reveals species, hybrid, and sexual variation in the biomechanics of African cichlid mandibles. Evolutionary Biology, 49(2), pp. 205-220. (doi: 10.1007/s11692-022-09566-0)

Thambithurai, D., Racz, A., Lindstrom, J. , Parsons, K. J. and Killen, S. S. (2022) Simulated trapping and trawling exert similar selection on fish morphology. Ecology and Evolution, 12(2), e8596. (doi: 10.1002/ece3.8596) (PMID:35169454) (PMCID:PMC8840878)

2021

Crespel, A., Miller, T., Rácz, A., Parsons, K. , Lindström, J. and Killen, S. (2021) Density influences the heritability and genetic correlations of fish behaviour under trawling-associated selection. Evolutionary Applications, 14(10), pp. 2527-2540. (doi: 10.1111/eva.13279) (PMCID:PMC8549612)

Campbell, C. S., Adams, C. E. , Bean, C. W. , Pilakouta, N. and Parsons, K. J. (2021) Evolvability under climate change: bone development and shape plasticity are heritable and correspond with performance in Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus). Evolution and Development, 23(4), pp. 333-350. (doi: 10.1111/ede.12379) (PMID:34010514)

Parsons, K. J. (2021) Conservation biology meets evo-devo: how understanding the emergence of variation can inform its management. Evolution and Development, 23(4), pp. 269-272. (doi: 10.1111/ede.12389) (PMID:34478229)

Brachmann, M. K., Parsons, K. , Skúlason, S. and Ferguson, M. M. (2021) The interaction of resource use and gene flow on the phenotypic divergence of benthic and pelagic morphs of Icelandic Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus). Ecology and Evolution, 11(12), pp. 7315-7334. (doi: 10.1002/ece3.7563) (PMID:34188815) (PMCID:PMC8216915)

2020

Parsons, K. , Rigg, A., Conith, A.J., Kitchener, A. C., Harris, S. and Zhu, H. (2020) Skull morphology diverges between urban and rural populations of red foxes mirroring patterns of domestication and macroevolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 287(1928), 20200763. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2020.0763) (PMID:32486981) (PMCID:PMC7341913)

Pilakouta, N. , Killen, S. S. , Kristjánsson, B. N., Skúlason, S., Lindström, J. , Metcalfe, N. B. and Parsons, K. J. (2020) Multigenerational exposure to elevated temperatures leads to a reduction in standard metabolic rate in the wild. Functional Ecology, 34(6), pp. 1205-1214. (doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13538) (PMID:32612318) (PMCID:PMC7318562)

2019

Skulason, S. et al. (2019) A way forward with eco evo devo: an extended theory of resource polymorphism with postglacial fishes as model systems. Biological Reviews, 94(5), pp. 1786-1808. (doi: 10.1111/brv.12534) (PMID:31215138) (PMCID:PMC6852119)

Parsons, K. J. , McWhinnie, K., Pilakouta, N. and Walker, L. (2019) Does phenotypic plasticity initiate developmental bias? Evolution and Development, (doi: 10.1111/ede.12304) (PMID:31348849) (PMCID:PMC7004013)

McWhinnie, K. and Parsons, K. J. (2019) Shaping up? A direct comparison between 2D and low-cost 3D shape analysis using African Cichlid mandibles. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 102(7), pp. 927-938. (doi: 10.1007/s10641-019-00879-2)

Armstrong, T., Khursigara, A. J., Killen, S. S. , Fearnley, H., Parsons, K. J. and Esbaugh, A. J. (2019) Oil exposure alters social group cohesion in fish. Scientific Reports, 9, 13520. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-49994-1) (PMID:31534177) (PMCID:PMC6751191)

Thambithurai, D., Crespel, A., Norin, T., Racz, A., Lindstrom, J. , Parsons, K. J. and Killen, S. S. (2019) Hypoxia alters vulnerability to capture and the potential for trait-based selection in a scaled-down trawl fishery. Conservation Physiology, 7(1), coz082. (doi: 10.1093/conphys/coz082) (PMID:31803472) (PMCID:PMC6880855)

2018

Thambithurai, D., Hollins, J., Van Leeuwen, T., Rácz, A., Lindström, J. , Parsons, K. and Killen, S. S. (2018) Shoal size as a key determinant of vulnerability to capture under a simulated fishery scenario. Ecology and Evolution, 8(13), pp. 6505-6514. (doi: 10.1002/ece3.4107) (PMID:30038752) (PMCID:PMC6053581)

Hollins, J., Thambithurai, D., Köeck, B. , Crespel, A., Bailey, D. M. , Cooke, S. J., Lindström, J. , Parsons, K. J. and Killen, S. S. (2018) A physiological perspective on fisheries-induced evolution. Evolutionary Applications, 11(5), pp. 561-576. (doi: 10.1111/eva.12597) (PMID:29875803) (PMCID:PMC5978952)

Parsons, K. J. , Son, Y. H., Crespel, A., Thambithurai, D., Killen, S. , Harris, M. P. and Albertson, R. C. (2018) Conserved but flexible modularity in the zebrafish skull: implications for craniofacial evolvability. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 285(1877), 20172671. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2017.2671) (PMID:29669899) (PMCID:PMC5936725)

2017

Campbell, C. S., Adams, C. E. , Bean, C. W. and Parsons, K. J. (2017) Conservation evo-devo: preserving biodiversity by understanding its origins. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 32(10), pp. 746-759. (doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2017.07.002) (PMID:28797609)

2016

Parsons, K. J. , Concannon, M., Navon, D., Wang, J., Ea, I., Groveas, K., Campbell, C. and Albertson, R. C. (2016) Foraging environment determines the genetic architecture and evolutionary potential of trophic morphology in cichlid fishes. Molecular Ecology, 25(24), pp. 6012-6023. (doi: 10.1111/mec.13801) (PMID:27516345)

Parsons, K. J. (2016) Adaptive radiations: Insights from Evo-Devo. In: Kliman, R. M. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Biology. Elsevier, pp. 37-45. ISBN 9780128004265 (doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-800049-6.00141-4)

2015

Smith, A. J., Nelson-Maney, N., Parsons, K. J. , Cooper, W. J. and Albertson, R. C. (2015) Body shape evolution in sunfishes: divergent paths to accelerated rates of speciation in the centrarchidae. Evolutionary Biology, 42(3), pp. 283-295. (doi: 10.1007/s11692-015-9322-y)

Parsons, K. , Wang, J., Anderson, G. and Albertson, R. C. (2015) Nested levels of adaptive divergence: the genetic basis of craniofacial divergence and ecological sexual dimorphism. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 5(8), pp. 1613-1624. (doi: 10.1534/g3.115.018226) (PMID:26038365) (PMCID:PMC4528318)

2014

Albertson, R.C., Powder, K. E., Hu, Y., Coyle, K. P., Roberts, R. B. and Parsons, K. J. (2014) Genetic basis of continuous variation in the levels and modular inheritance of pigmentation in cichlid fishes. Molecular Ecology, 23(21), pp. 5135-5150. (doi: 10.1111/mec.12900)

Hu, Y., Parsons, K. J. and Albertson, R. C. (2014) Evolvability of the cichlid jaw: new tools provide insights into the genetic basis of phenotypic integration. Evolutionary Biology, 44(1), pp. 145-153. (doi: 10.1007/s11692-013-9254-3)

Küttner, E., Parsons, K. J. , Easton, A. A., Skúlason, S., Danzmann, R. G. and Ferguson, M. M. (2014) Hidden genetic variation evolves with ecological specialization: the genetic basis of phenotypic plasticity in Arctic charr ecomorphs. Evolution and Development, 16(4), pp. 247-257. (doi: 10.1111/ede.12087) (PMID:24920458)

Parsons, K. J. , Trent Taylor, A., Powder, K. E. and Albertson, R. C. (2014) Wnt signalling underlies the evolution of new phenotypes and craniofacial variability in Lake Malawi cichlids. Nature Communications, 5, p. 3629. (doi: 10.1038/ncomms4629)

2013

Parsons, K.J. and Albertson, R.C. (2013) Unifying and generalizing the two strands of evo-devo. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 28(10), pp. 584-591. (doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2013.06.009)

2012

Parsons, K.J. , Márquez, E. and Albertson, R.C. (2012) Constraint and opportunity: the genetic basis and evolution of modularity in the cichlid mandible. American Naturalist, 179(1), pp. 64-78. (doi: 10.1086/663200)

Brzozowski, F., Roscoe, J., Parsons, K. and Albertson, C. (2012) Sexually dimorphic levels of color trait integration and the resolution of sexual conflict in Lake Malawi cichlids. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, 318(4), pp. 268-278. (doi: 10.1002/jez.b.22443)

2011

Parsons, K.J. , Andreeva, V., Cooper, W.J., Yelick, P.C. and Albertson, R.C. (2011) Morphogenesis of the zebrafish jaw: development beyond the embryo. Methods in Cell Biology, 101, pp. 225-248. (doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-387036-0.00011-6)

Parsons, K.J. , Cooper, W.J. and Albertson, R.C. (2011) Modularity of the oral jaws is linked to repeated changes in the craniofacial shape of African cichlids. International Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2011, pp. 1-10. (doi: 10.4061/2011/641501)

Parsons, K.J. , Sheets, H.D., Skulason, S. and Ferguson, M.M. (2011) Phenotypic plasticity, heterochrony and ontogenetic repatterning during juvenile development of divergent Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus). Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 24(8), pp. 1640-1652. (doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02301.x)

Parsons, K.J. , Son, Y.H. and Albertson, R.C. (2011) Hybridization promotes evolvability in African cichlids: connections between transgressive segregation and phenotypic integration. Evolutionary Biology, 38(3), pp. 306-315. (doi: 10.1007/s11692-011-9126-7)

2010

Cooper, W.J., Parsons, K. , McIntyre, A., Kern, B., McGee-Moore, A. and Albertson, R.C. (2010) Bentho-pelagic divergence of cichlid feeding architecture was prodigious and consistent during multiple adaptive radiations within African rift-lakes. PLoS ONE, 5(3), e9551. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009551) (PMID:20221400) (PMCID:PMC2833203)

Parsons, K.J. , Skúlason, S. and Ferguson, M. (2010) Morphological variation over ontogeny and environments in resource polymorphic arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus). Evolution and Development, 12(3), pp. 246-257. (doi: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2010.00410.x)

2009

Parsons, K.J. and Albertson, R.C. (2009) Roles for Bmp4 and CaM1 in shaping the jaw: evo-devo and beyond. Annual Review of Genetics, 43(1), pp. 369-388. (doi: 10.1146/annurev-genet-102808-114917)

Parsons, K.J. , Cooper, W.J. and Albertson, R.C. (2009) Limits of principal components analysis for producing a common trait space: implications for inferring selection, contingency, and chance in evolution. PLoS ONE, 4(11), e7957. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007957) (PMID:19956767) (PMCID:PMC2776347)

2008

Riopel, C., Robinson, B.W. and Parsons, K.J. (2008) Analyzing nested variation in the body form of Lepomid sunfishes. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 82(4), pp. 409-420. (doi: 10.1007/s10641-007-9303-9)

2007

Parsons, K.J. and Robinson, B.W. (2007) Foraging performance of diet-induced morphotypes in pumpkinseed sunfish (Lepomis gibbosus) favours resource polymorphism. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 20(2), pp. 673-684. (doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2006.01249.x)

2006

Parsons, K.J. and Robinson, B.W. (2006) Replicated evolution of integrated plastic responses during early adaptive divergence. Evolution, 60(4), pp. 801-813. (doi: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2006.tb01158.x)

2005

Gray, S.M., Robinson, B.W. and Parsons, K.J. (2005) Testing alternative explanations of character shifts against ecological character displacement in brook sticklebacks (Culaea inconstans) that coexist with ninespine sticklebacks (Pungitius pungitius). Oecologia, 146(1), pp. 25-35. (doi: 10.1007/s00442-005-0184-3)

2003

Parsons, K.J. , Robinson, B.W. and Hrbek, T. (2003) Getting into shape: an empirical comparison of traditional truss-based morphometric methods with a newer geometric method applied to New World cichlids. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 67(4), pp. 417-431. (doi: 10.1023/A:1025895317253)

2002

Robinson, B.W. and Parsons, K.J. (2002) Changing times, spaces, and faces: tests and implications of adaptive morphological plasticity in the fishes of northern postglacial lakes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 59(11), pp. 1819-1833. (doi: 10.1139/F02-144)

Articles

Stansfield, C. and Parsons, K. (2024) Developmental bias as a cause and consequence of adaptive radiation and divergence. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 12, 1453566. (doi: 10.3389/fcell.2024.1453566)

Smith, B., Costa, A. P.B., Kristjansson, B. K. and Parsons, K. J. (2024) Experimental evidence for adaptive divergence in response to a warmed habitat reveals roles for morphology, allometry, and parasite resistance. Ecology and Evolution, 14(2), e10907. (doi: 10.1002/ece3.10907) (PMID:38333102) (PMCID:PMC10850817)

McWhinnie, K., Negi, D., Tanner, E. and Parsons, K. J. (2023) Functional trait plasticity diverges between sexes in African cichlids: A contribution toward ecological sexual dimorphism? Ecology and Evolution, 13(11), e10702. (doi: 10.1002/ece3.10702) (PMID:38034329) (PMCID:PMC10682861)

Pilakouta, N. et al. (2023) Testing the predictability of morphological evolution in contrasting thermal environments. Evolution, 77(1), pp. 239-253. (doi: 10.1093/evolut/qpac018) (PMID:36622731)

Pilakouta, N. , Killen, S. S. , Kristjánsson, B. K., Skúlason, S., Lindström, J. , Metcalfe, N. B. and Parsons, K. J. (2023) Geothermal stickleback populations prefer cool water despite multigenerational exposure to a warm environment. Ecology and Evolution, 13(1), e9654. (doi: 10.1002/ece3.9654) (PMID:36644700) (PMCID:PMC9831902)

Pilakouta, N. et al. (2023) A warmer environment can reduce sociability in an ectotherm. Global Change Biology, 29(1), pp. 206-214. (doi: 10.1111/gcb.16451) (PMID:36259414)

Brachmann, M. K., Parsons, K. , Skúlason, S., Gaggiotti, O. and Ferguson, M. (2022) Variation in the genomic basis of parallel phenotypic and ecological divergence in benthic and pelagic morphs of Icelandic Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus). Molecular Ecology, 31(18), pp. 4688-4706. (doi: 10.1111/mec.16625) (PMID:35861579)

McWhinnie, K., Gibson, J., Gislason, M., Tanner, E. , Windmill, J., Albertson, R. C. and Parsons, K. (2022) Assessing the levels of functional adaptation: finite element analysis reveals species, hybrid, and sexual variation in the biomechanics of African cichlid mandibles. Evolutionary Biology, 49(2), pp. 205-220. (doi: 10.1007/s11692-022-09566-0)

Thambithurai, D., Racz, A., Lindstrom, J. , Parsons, K. J. and Killen, S. S. (2022) Simulated trapping and trawling exert similar selection on fish morphology. Ecology and Evolution, 12(2), e8596. (doi: 10.1002/ece3.8596) (PMID:35169454) (PMCID:PMC8840878)

Crespel, A., Miller, T., Rácz, A., Parsons, K. , Lindström, J. and Killen, S. (2021) Density influences the heritability and genetic correlations of fish behaviour under trawling-associated selection. Evolutionary Applications, 14(10), pp. 2527-2540. (doi: 10.1111/eva.13279) (PMCID:PMC8549612)

Campbell, C. S., Adams, C. E. , Bean, C. W. , Pilakouta, N. and Parsons, K. J. (2021) Evolvability under climate change: bone development and shape plasticity are heritable and correspond with performance in Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus). Evolution and Development, 23(4), pp. 333-350. (doi: 10.1111/ede.12379) (PMID:34010514)

Parsons, K. J. (2021) Conservation biology meets evo-devo: how understanding the emergence of variation can inform its management. Evolution and Development, 23(4), pp. 269-272. (doi: 10.1111/ede.12389) (PMID:34478229)

Brachmann, M. K., Parsons, K. , Skúlason, S. and Ferguson, M. M. (2021) The interaction of resource use and gene flow on the phenotypic divergence of benthic and pelagic morphs of Icelandic Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus). Ecology and Evolution, 11(12), pp. 7315-7334. (doi: 10.1002/ece3.7563) (PMID:34188815) (PMCID:PMC8216915)

Parsons, K. , Rigg, A., Conith, A.J., Kitchener, A. C., Harris, S. and Zhu, H. (2020) Skull morphology diverges between urban and rural populations of red foxes mirroring patterns of domestication and macroevolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 287(1928), 20200763. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2020.0763) (PMID:32486981) (PMCID:PMC7341913)

Pilakouta, N. , Killen, S. S. , Kristjánsson, B. N., Skúlason, S., Lindström, J. , Metcalfe, N. B. and Parsons, K. J. (2020) Multigenerational exposure to elevated temperatures leads to a reduction in standard metabolic rate in the wild. Functional Ecology, 34(6), pp. 1205-1214. (doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13538) (PMID:32612318) (PMCID:PMC7318562)

Skulason, S. et al. (2019) A way forward with eco evo devo: an extended theory of resource polymorphism with postglacial fishes as model systems. Biological Reviews, 94(5), pp. 1786-1808. (doi: 10.1111/brv.12534) (PMID:31215138) (PMCID:PMC6852119)

Parsons, K. J. , McWhinnie, K., Pilakouta, N. and Walker, L. (2019) Does phenotypic plasticity initiate developmental bias? Evolution and Development, (doi: 10.1111/ede.12304) (PMID:31348849) (PMCID:PMC7004013)

McWhinnie, K. and Parsons, K. J. (2019) Shaping up? A direct comparison between 2D and low-cost 3D shape analysis using African Cichlid mandibles. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 102(7), pp. 927-938. (doi: 10.1007/s10641-019-00879-2)

Armstrong, T., Khursigara, A. J., Killen, S. S. , Fearnley, H., Parsons, K. J. and Esbaugh, A. J. (2019) Oil exposure alters social group cohesion in fish. Scientific Reports, 9, 13520. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-49994-1) (PMID:31534177) (PMCID:PMC6751191)

Thambithurai, D., Crespel, A., Norin, T., Racz, A., Lindstrom, J. , Parsons, K. J. and Killen, S. S. (2019) Hypoxia alters vulnerability to capture and the potential for trait-based selection in a scaled-down trawl fishery. Conservation Physiology, 7(1), coz082. (doi: 10.1093/conphys/coz082) (PMID:31803472) (PMCID:PMC6880855)

Thambithurai, D., Hollins, J., Van Leeuwen, T., Rácz, A., Lindström, J. , Parsons, K. and Killen, S. S. (2018) Shoal size as a key determinant of vulnerability to capture under a simulated fishery scenario. Ecology and Evolution, 8(13), pp. 6505-6514. (doi: 10.1002/ece3.4107) (PMID:30038752) (PMCID:PMC6053581)

Hollins, J., Thambithurai, D., Köeck, B. , Crespel, A., Bailey, D. M. , Cooke, S. J., Lindström, J. , Parsons, K. J. and Killen, S. S. (2018) A physiological perspective on fisheries-induced evolution. Evolutionary Applications, 11(5), pp. 561-576. (doi: 10.1111/eva.12597) (PMID:29875803) (PMCID:PMC5978952)

Parsons, K. J. , Son, Y. H., Crespel, A., Thambithurai, D., Killen, S. , Harris, M. P. and Albertson, R. C. (2018) Conserved but flexible modularity in the zebrafish skull: implications for craniofacial evolvability. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 285(1877), 20172671. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2017.2671) (PMID:29669899) (PMCID:PMC5936725)

Campbell, C. S., Adams, C. E. , Bean, C. W. and Parsons, K. J. (2017) Conservation evo-devo: preserving biodiversity by understanding its origins. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 32(10), pp. 746-759. (doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2017.07.002) (PMID:28797609)

Parsons, K. J. , Concannon, M., Navon, D., Wang, J., Ea, I., Groveas, K., Campbell, C. and Albertson, R. C. (2016) Foraging environment determines the genetic architecture and evolutionary potential of trophic morphology in cichlid fishes. Molecular Ecology, 25(24), pp. 6012-6023. (doi: 10.1111/mec.13801) (PMID:27516345)

Smith, A. J., Nelson-Maney, N., Parsons, K. J. , Cooper, W. J. and Albertson, R. C. (2015) Body shape evolution in sunfishes: divergent paths to accelerated rates of speciation in the centrarchidae. Evolutionary Biology, 42(3), pp. 283-295. (doi: 10.1007/s11692-015-9322-y)

Parsons, K. , Wang, J., Anderson, G. and Albertson, R. C. (2015) Nested levels of adaptive divergence: the genetic basis of craniofacial divergence and ecological sexual dimorphism. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 5(8), pp. 1613-1624. (doi: 10.1534/g3.115.018226) (PMID:26038365) (PMCID:PMC4528318)

Albertson, R.C., Powder, K. E., Hu, Y., Coyle, K. P., Roberts, R. B. and Parsons, K. J. (2014) Genetic basis of continuous variation in the levels and modular inheritance of pigmentation in cichlid fishes. Molecular Ecology, 23(21), pp. 5135-5150. (doi: 10.1111/mec.12900)

Hu, Y., Parsons, K. J. and Albertson, R. C. (2014) Evolvability of the cichlid jaw: new tools provide insights into the genetic basis of phenotypic integration. Evolutionary Biology, 44(1), pp. 145-153. (doi: 10.1007/s11692-013-9254-3)

Küttner, E., Parsons, K. J. , Easton, A. A., Skúlason, S., Danzmann, R. G. and Ferguson, M. M. (2014) Hidden genetic variation evolves with ecological specialization: the genetic basis of phenotypic plasticity in Arctic charr ecomorphs. Evolution and Development, 16(4), pp. 247-257. (doi: 10.1111/ede.12087) (PMID:24920458)

Parsons, K. J. , Trent Taylor, A., Powder, K. E. and Albertson, R. C. (2014) Wnt signalling underlies the evolution of new phenotypes and craniofacial variability in Lake Malawi cichlids. Nature Communications, 5, p. 3629. (doi: 10.1038/ncomms4629)

Parsons, K.J. and Albertson, R.C. (2013) Unifying and generalizing the two strands of evo-devo. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 28(10), pp. 584-591. (doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2013.06.009)

Parsons, K.J. , Márquez, E. and Albertson, R.C. (2012) Constraint and opportunity: the genetic basis and evolution of modularity in the cichlid mandible. American Naturalist, 179(1), pp. 64-78. (doi: 10.1086/663200)

Brzozowski, F., Roscoe, J., Parsons, K. and Albertson, C. (2012) Sexually dimorphic levels of color trait integration and the resolution of sexual conflict in Lake Malawi cichlids. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, 318(4), pp. 268-278. (doi: 10.1002/jez.b.22443)

Parsons, K.J. , Andreeva, V., Cooper, W.J., Yelick, P.C. and Albertson, R.C. (2011) Morphogenesis of the zebrafish jaw: development beyond the embryo. Methods in Cell Biology, 101, pp. 225-248. (doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-387036-0.00011-6)

Parsons, K.J. , Cooper, W.J. and Albertson, R.C. (2011) Modularity of the oral jaws is linked to repeated changes in the craniofacial shape of African cichlids. International Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2011, pp. 1-10. (doi: 10.4061/2011/641501)

Parsons, K.J. , Sheets, H.D., Skulason, S. and Ferguson, M.M. (2011) Phenotypic plasticity, heterochrony and ontogenetic repatterning during juvenile development of divergent Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus). Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 24(8), pp. 1640-1652. (doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02301.x)

Parsons, K.J. , Son, Y.H. and Albertson, R.C. (2011) Hybridization promotes evolvability in African cichlids: connections between transgressive segregation and phenotypic integration. Evolutionary Biology, 38(3), pp. 306-315. (doi: 10.1007/s11692-011-9126-7)

Cooper, W.J., Parsons, K. , McIntyre, A., Kern, B., McGee-Moore, A. and Albertson, R.C. (2010) Bentho-pelagic divergence of cichlid feeding architecture was prodigious and consistent during multiple adaptive radiations within African rift-lakes. PLoS ONE, 5(3), e9551. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009551) (PMID:20221400) (PMCID:PMC2833203)

Parsons, K.J. , Skúlason, S. and Ferguson, M. (2010) Morphological variation over ontogeny and environments in resource polymorphic arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus). Evolution and Development, 12(3), pp. 246-257. (doi: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2010.00410.x)

Parsons, K.J. and Albertson, R.C. (2009) Roles for Bmp4 and CaM1 in shaping the jaw: evo-devo and beyond. Annual Review of Genetics, 43(1), pp. 369-388. (doi: 10.1146/annurev-genet-102808-114917)

Parsons, K.J. , Cooper, W.J. and Albertson, R.C. (2009) Limits of principal components analysis for producing a common trait space: implications for inferring selection, contingency, and chance in evolution. PLoS ONE, 4(11), e7957. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007957) (PMID:19956767) (PMCID:PMC2776347)

Riopel, C., Robinson, B.W. and Parsons, K.J. (2008) Analyzing nested variation in the body form of Lepomid sunfishes. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 82(4), pp. 409-420. (doi: 10.1007/s10641-007-9303-9)

Parsons, K.J. and Robinson, B.W. (2007) Foraging performance of diet-induced morphotypes in pumpkinseed sunfish (Lepomis gibbosus) favours resource polymorphism. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 20(2), pp. 673-684. (doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2006.01249.x)

Parsons, K.J. and Robinson, B.W. (2006) Replicated evolution of integrated plastic responses during early adaptive divergence. Evolution, 60(4), pp. 801-813. (doi: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2006.tb01158.x)

Gray, S.M., Robinson, B.W. and Parsons, K.J. (2005) Testing alternative explanations of character shifts against ecological character displacement in brook sticklebacks (Culaea inconstans) that coexist with ninespine sticklebacks (Pungitius pungitius). Oecologia, 146(1), pp. 25-35. (doi: 10.1007/s00442-005-0184-3)

Parsons, K.J. , Robinson, B.W. and Hrbek, T. (2003) Getting into shape: an empirical comparison of traditional truss-based morphometric methods with a newer geometric method applied to New World cichlids. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 67(4), pp. 417-431. (doi: 10.1023/A:1025895317253)

Robinson, B.W. and Parsons, K.J. (2002) Changing times, spaces, and faces: tests and implications of adaptive morphological plasticity in the fishes of northern postglacial lakes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 59(11), pp. 1819-1833. (doi: 10.1139/F02-144)

Book Sections

Brachmann, M. and Parsons, K. (2024) Adaptive divergence and radiations: insights from evo-devo. In: Reference Module in Life Sciences. Elsevier. ISBN 9780128096338 (doi: 10.1016/B978-0-443-15750-9.00012-4)

Parsons, K. J. (2016) Adaptive radiations: Insights from Evo-Devo. In: Kliman, R. M. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Biology. Elsevier, pp. 37-45. ISBN 9780128004265 (doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-800049-6.00141-4)