Publications

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Recent Publications

  1. [1]M.A. Campbell, M.E. Alfaro, M. Belasco, J. Andrés López, Early-branching euteleost relationships: Areas of congruence between concatenation and coalescent model inferences, PeerJ. 2017 (2017).
  2. [2]P. Chakrabarty, B.C. Faircloth, F. Alda, W.B. Ludt, C.D. McMahan, T.J. Near, A. Dornburg, J.S. Albert, J. Arroyave, M.L.J. Stiassny, L. Sorenson, M.E. Alfaro, Phylogenomic Systematics of Ostariophysan Fishes: Ultraconserved Elements Support the Surprising Non-Monophyly of Characiformes, Systematic Biology. 66 (2017) 881–895.
  3. [3]C.D. Hulsey, J. Zheng, B.C. Faircloth, A. Meyer, M.E. Alfaro, Phylogenomic analysis of Lake Malawi cichlid fishes: Further evidence that the three-stage model of diversification does not fit, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 114 (2017) 40–48.
  4. [4]S.J. Longo, B.C. Faircloth, A. Meyer, M.W. Westneat, M.E. Alfaro, P.C. Wainwright, Phylogenomic analysis of a rapid radiation of misfit fishes (Syngnathiformes) using ultraconserved elements, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 113 (2017) 33–48.
  5. [5]J. Chang, M.E. Alfaro, Crowdsourced geometric morphometrics enable rapid large-scale collection and analysis of phenotypic data, Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 7 (2016) 472–482.
  6. [6]M.A. Phuong, G.N. Mahardika, M.E. Alfaro, Dietary breadth is positively correlated with venom complexity in cone snails, BMC Genomics. 17 (2016).
  7. [7]L.R.V. Alencar, T.B. Quental, F.G. Grazziotin, M.L. Alfaro, M. Martins, M. Venzon, H. Zaher, Diversification in vipers: Phylogenetic relationships, time of divergence and shifts in speciation rates, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 105 (2016) 50–62.
  8. [8]M.E. Alfaro, Evolution: Bioluminescent Courtship as an Engine of Diversity, Current Biology. 26 (2016) R667–R669.
  9. [9]R.C. Harrington, B.C. Faircloth, R.I. Eytan, W.L. Smith, T.J. Near, M.E. Alfaro, M. Friedman, Phylogenomic analysis of carangimorph fishes reveals flatfish asymmetry arose in a blink of the evolutionary eye, BMC Evolutionary Biology. 16 (2016).
  10. [10]F. Santini, L. Sorenson, M.E. Alfaro, Phylogeny and biogeography of hogfishes and allies (Bodianus, Labridae), Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 99 (2016) 1–6.

All Publications

  1. [1]M.A. Campbell, M.E. Alfaro, M. Belasco, J. Andrés López, Early-branching euteleost relationships: Areas of congruence between concatenation and coalescent model inferences, PeerJ. 2017 (2017).
  2. [2]P. Chakrabarty, B.C. Faircloth, F. Alda, W.B. Ludt, C.D. McMahan, T.J. Near, A. Dornburg, J.S. Albert, J. Arroyave, M.L.J. Stiassny, L. Sorenson, M.E. Alfaro, Phylogenomic Systematics of Ostariophysan Fishes: Ultraconserved Elements Support the Surprising Non-Monophyly of Characiformes, Systematic Biology. 66 (2017) 881–895.
  3. [3]C.D. Hulsey, J. Zheng, B.C. Faircloth, A. Meyer, M.E. Alfaro, Phylogenomic analysis of Lake Malawi cichlid fishes: Further evidence that the three-stage model of diversification does not fit, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 114 (2017) 40–48.
  4. [4]S.J. Longo, B.C. Faircloth, A. Meyer, M.W. Westneat, M.E. Alfaro, P.C. Wainwright, Phylogenomic analysis of a rapid radiation of misfit fishes (Syngnathiformes) using ultraconserved elements, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 113 (2017) 33–48.
  5. [5]J. Chang, M.E. Alfaro, Crowdsourced geometric morphometrics enable rapid large-scale collection and analysis of phenotypic data, Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 7 (2016) 472–482.
  6. [6]M.A. Phuong, G.N. Mahardika, M.E. Alfaro, Dietary breadth is positively correlated with venom complexity in cone snails, BMC Genomics. 17 (2016).
  7. [7]L.R.V. Alencar, T.B. Quental, F.G. Grazziotin, M.L. Alfaro, M. Martins, M. Venzon, H. Zaher, Diversification in vipers: Phylogenetic relationships, time of divergence and shifts in speciation rates, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 105 (2016) 50–62.
  8. [8]M.E. Alfaro, Evolution: Bioluminescent Courtship as an Engine of Diversity, Current Biology. 26 (2016) R667–R669.
  9. [9]R.C. Harrington, B.C. Faircloth, R.I. Eytan, W.L. Smith, T.J. Near, M.E. Alfaro, M. Friedman, Phylogenomic analysis of carangimorph fishes reveals flatfish asymmetry arose in a blink of the evolutionary eye, BMC Evolutionary Biology. 16 (2016).
  10. [10]F. Santini, L. Sorenson, M.E. Alfaro, Phylogeny and biogeography of hogfishes and allies (Bodianus, Labridae), Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 99 (2016) 1–6.
  11. [11]M.D. McGee, B.C. Faircloth, S.R. Borstein, J. Zheng, C.D. Hulsey, P.C. Wainwright, M.E. Alfaro, Replicated divergence in cichlid radiations mirrors a major vertebrate innovation, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 283 (2016).
  12. [12]J.W. Lynch Alfaro, J.P. Boubli, F.P. Paim, C.C. Ribas, M.N.F.D. Silva, M.R. Messias, F. Röhe, M.P. Mercês, J.S. Silva Júnior, C.R. Silva, G.M. Pinho, G. Koshkarian, M.T.T. Nguyen, M.L. Harada, R.M. Rabelo, H.L. Queiroz, M.E. Alfaro, I.P. Farias, Biogeography of squirrel monkeys (genus Saimiri): South-central Amazon origin and rapid pan-Amazonian diversification of a lowland primate, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 82 (2015) 436–454.
  13. [13]J.C. Buckner, J.W. Lynch Alfaro, A.B. Rylands, M.E. Alfaro, Biogeography of the marmosets and tamarins (Callitrichidae), Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 82 (2015) 413–425.
  14. [14]P.S. Gilbert, J. Chang, C. Pan, E.M. Sobel, J.S. Sinsheimer, B.C. Faircloth, M.E. Alfaro, Genome-wide ultraconserved elements exhibit higher phylogenetic informativeness than traditional gene markers in percomorph fishes, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 92 (2015) 140–146.
  15. [15]T.L. Iglesias, A. Dornburg, M.C. Brandley, M.E. Alfaro, D.L. Warren, Life in the unthinking depths: Energetic constraints on encephalization in marine fishes, Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 28 (2015) 1080–1090.
  16. [16]J.P. Boubli, C. Ribas, J.W. Lynch Alfaro, M.E. Alfaro, M.N.F. da Silva, G.M. Pinho, I.P. Farias, Spatial and temporal patterns of diversification on the Amazon: A test of the riverine hypothesis for all diurnal primates of Rio Negro and Rio Branco in Brazil, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 82 (2015) 400–412.
  17. [17]K.A. Wright, B.W. Wright, S.M. Ford, D. Fragaszy, P. Izar, M. Norconk, T. Masterson, D.G. Hobbs, M.E. Alfaro, J.W. Lynch Alfaro, The effects of ecology and evolutionary history on robust capuchin morphological diversity, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 82 (2015) 455–466.
  18. [18]D.C. Collar, P.C. Wainwright, M.E. Alfaro, L.J. Revell, R.S. Mehta, Biting disrupts integration to spur skull evolution in eels, Nature Communications. 5 (2014).
  19. [19]M.W. Pennell, J.M. Eastman, G.J. Slater, J.W. Brown, J.C. Uyeda, R.G. Fitzjohn, M.E. Alfaro, L.J. Harmon, Geiger v2.0: An expanded suite of methods for fitting macroevolutionary models to phylogenetic trees, Bioinformatics. 30 (2014) 2216–2218.
  20. [20]D.C. Collar, J.S. Reece, M.E. Alfaro, P.C. Wainwright, R.S. Mehta, Imperfect morphological convergence: Variable changes in cranial structures underlie transitions to durophagy in moray eels, American Naturalist. 183 (2014).
  21. [21]L. Sorenson, F. Santini, M.E. Alfaro, The effect of habitat on modern shark diversification, Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 27 (2014) 1536–1548.
  22. [22]B. Frédérich, D. Olivier, G. Litsios, M.E. Alfaro, E. Parmentier, Trait decoupling promotes evolutionary diversification of the trophic and acoustic system of damselfishes, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 281 (2014).
  23. [23]B.C. Faircloth, L. Sorenson, F. Santini, M.E. Alfaro, A Phylogenomic Perspective on the Radiation of Ray-Finned Fishes Based upon Targeted Sequencing of Ultraconserved Elements (UCEs), PLoS ONE. 8 (2013).
  24. [24]F. Santini, X. Kong, L. Sorenson, G. Carnevale, R.S. Mehta, M.E. Alfaro, A multi-locus molecular timescale for the origin and diversification of eels (Order: Anguilliformes), Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 69 (2013) 884–894.
  25. [25]L. Sorenson, F. Santini, G. Carnevale, M.E. Alfaro, A multi-locus timetree of surgeonfishes (Acanthuridae, Percomorpha), with revised family taxonomy, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 68 (2013) 150–160.
  26. [26]F. Santini, L. Sorenson, T. Marcroft, A. Dornburg, M.E. Alfaro, A multilocus molecular phylogeny of boxfishes (Aracanidae, Ostraciidae; Tetraodontiformes), Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 66 (2013) 153–160.
  27. [27]F. Santini, L. Sorenson, M.E. Alfaro, A new multi-locus timescale reveals the evolutionary basis of diversity patterns in triggerfishes and filefishes (Balistidae, Monacanthidae; Tetraodontiformes), Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 69 (2013) 165–176.
  28. [28]F. Santini, L. Sorenson, M.E. Alfaro, A new phylogeny of tetraodontiform fishes (Tetraodontiformes, Acanthomorpha) based on 22 loci, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 69 (2013) 177–187.
  29. [29]S.E. Santana, J.L. Alfaro, A. Noonan, M.E. Alfaro, Adaptive response to sociality and ecology drives the diversification of facial colour patterns in catarrhines, Nature Communications. 4 (2013).
  30. [30]J.A. Walker, M.E. Alfaro, M.M. Noble, C.J. Fulton, Body Fineness Ratio as a Predictor of Maximum Prolonged-Swimming Speed in Coral Reef Fishes, PLoS ONE. 8 (2013).
  31. [31]F. Santini, M.T.T. Nguyen, L. Sorenson, T.B. Waltzek, J.W. Lynch Alfaro, J.M. Eastman, M.E. Alfaro, Do habitat shifts drive diversification in teleost fishes? An example from the pufferfishes (Tetraodontidae), Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 26 (2013) 1003–1018.
  32. [32]B. Frédérich, L. Sorenson, F. Santini, G.J. Slater, M.E. Alfaro, Iterative ecological radiation and convergence during the evolutionary history of damselfishes (Pomacentridae), American Naturalist. 181 (2013) 94–113.
  33. [33]A. Stoltzfus, H. Lapp, N. Matasci, H. Deus, B. Sidlauskas, C.M. Zmasek, G. Vaidya, E. Pontelli, K. Cranston, R. Vos, C.O. Webb, L.J. Harmon, M. Pirrung, B. O’Meara, M.W. Pennell, S. Mirarab, M.S. Rosenberg, J.P. Balhoff, H.M. Bik, T.A. Heath, P.E. Midford, J.W. Brown, E.J. McTavish, J. Sukumaran, M. Westneat, M.E. Alfaro, A. Steele, G. Jordan, Phylotastic! Making tree-of-life knowledge accessible, reusable and convenient, BMC Bioinformatics. 14 (2013).
  34. [34]D.L. Rabosky, F. Santini, J. Eastman, S.A. Smith, B. Sidlauskas, J. Chang, M.E. Alfaro, Rates of speciation and morphological evolution are correlated across the largest vertebrate radiation, Nature Communications. 4 (2013).
  35. [35]B.C. Victor, M.E. Alfaro, L. Sorenson, Rediscovery of sagittalarva inornata n. Gen., n. Comb. (Gilbert, 1890) (Perciformes: Labridae), a long-lost deepwater fish from the eastern pacific Ocean: A case study of a forensic approach to taxonomy using DNA barcoding, Zootaxa. 3669 (2013) 551–570.
  36. [36]S.E. Santana, J.L. Alfaro, M.E. Alfaro, Adaptive evolution of facial colour patterns in Neotropical primates, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 279 (2012) 2204–2211.
  37. [37]J.W.L. Alfaro, L. Matthews, A.H. Boyette, S.J. MacFarlan, K.A. Phillips, T. Falótico, E. Ottoni, M. Verderane, P. Izar, M. Schulte, A. Melin, L. Fedigan, C. Janson, M.E. Alfaro, Anointing variation across wild capuchin populations: A review of material preferences, bout frequency and anointing sociality in Cebus and Sapajus, American Journal of Primatology. 74 (2012) 299–314.
  38. [38]J.P. Boubli, A.B. Rylands, I.P. Farias, M.E. Alfaro, J.L. Alfaro, Cebus Phylogenetic Relationships: A Preliminary Reassessment of the Diversity of the Untufted Capuchin Monkeys, American Journal of Primatology. 74 (2012) 381–393.
  39. [39]D.L. Rabosky, G.J. Slater, M.E. Alfaro, Clade Age and Species Richness Are Decoupled Across the Eukaryotic Tree of Life, PLoS Biology. 10 (2012).
  40. [40]J.W. Lynch Alfaro, J.P. Boubli, L.E. Olson, A. Di Fiore, B. Wilson, G.A. Gutiérrez-Espeleta, K.L. Chiou, M. Schulte, S. Neitzel, V. Ross, D. Schwochow, M.T.T. Nguyen, I. Farias, C.H. Janson, M.E. Alfaro, Explosive Pleistocene range expansion leads to widespread Amazonian sympatry between robust and gracile capuchin monkeys, Journal of Biogeography. 39 (2012) 272–288.
  41. [41]G.J. Slater, L.J. Harmon, D. Wegmann, P. Joyce, L.J. Revell, M.E. Alfaro, Fitting models of continuous trait evolution to incompletely sampled comparative data using approximate bayesian computation, Evolution. 66 (2012) 752–762.
  42. [42]G.J. Slater, L.J. Harmon, M.E. Alfaro, Integrating fossils with molecular phylogenies improves inference of trait evolution, Evolution. 66 (2012) 3931–3944.
  43. [43]T.B. Waltzek, G.D. Marty, M.E. Alfaro, W.R. Bennett, K.A. Garver, M. Haulena, E.S. Weber III, R.P. Hedrick, Systemic iridovirus from threespine stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus represents a new megalocytivirus species (family Iridoviridae), Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 98 (2012) 41–56.
  44. [44]J.M. Eastman, M.E. Alfaro, P. Joyce, A.L. Hipp, L.J. Harmon, A Novel comparative method for identifying shifts in the rate of character evolution on trees, Evolution. 65 (2011) 3578–3589.
  45. [45]J.P. Huelsenbeck, M.E. Alfaro, M.A. Suchard, Biologically inspired phylogenetic models strongly outperform the no common mechanism model, Systematic Biology. 60 (2011) 225–232.
  46. [46]S.E. Santana, T.O. Dial, T.P. Eiting, M.E. Alfaro, Roosting ecology and the evolution of pelage markings in bats, PLoS ONE. 6 (2011).
  47. [47]C.D. Brock, L.J. Harmon, M.E. Alfaro, Testing for temporal variation in diversification rates when sampling is incomplete and nonrandom, Systematic Biology. 60 (2011) 410–419.
  48. [48]A.L. Jaffe, G.J. Slater, M.E. Alfaro, The evolution of island gigantism and body size variation in tortoises and turtles, Biology Letters. 7 (2011) 558–561.
  49. [49]A. Dornburg, B. Sidlauskas, F. Santini, L. Sorenson, T.J. Near, M.E. Alfaro, The influence of an innovative locomotor strategy on the phenotypic diversification of triggerfish (family: Balistidae), Evolution. 65 (2011) 1912–1926.
  50. [50]G.J. Slater, S.A. Price, F. Santini, M.E. Alfaro, Diversity versus disparity and the radiation of modern cetaceans, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 277 (2010) 3097–3104.
  51. [51]R.S. Mehta, A.B. Ward, M.E. Alfaro, P.C. Wainwright, Elongation of the body in Eels, Integrative and Comparative Biology. 50 (2010) 1091–1105.
  52. [52]D.L. Rabosky, M.E. Alfaro, Evolutionary bangs and whimpers: Methodological advances and conceptual frameworks for studying exceptional diversification, Systematic Biology. 59 (2010) 615–618.
  53. [53]M. Alfaro, F. Santini, Evolutionary biology: A flourishing of fish forms, Nature. 464 (2010) 840–842.
  54. [54]S.E. Vincent, M.C. Brandley, A. Herrel, M.E. Alfaro, Convergence in trophic morphology and feeding performance among piscivorous natricine snakes, Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 22 (2009) 1203–1211.
  55. [55]F. Santini, L.J. Harmon, G. Carnevale, M.E. Alfaro, Did genome duplication drive the origin of teleosts? A comparative study of diversification in ray-finned fishes, BMC Evolutionary Biology. 9 (2009).
  56. [56]M.E. Alfaro, C.D. Brock, B.L. Banbury, P.C. Wainwright, Does evolutionary innovation in pharyngeal jaws lead to rapid lineage diversification in labrid fishes?, BMC Evolutionary Biology. 9 (2009).
  57. [57]M.E. Alfaro, F. Santini, C. Brock, H. Alamillo, A. Dornburg, D.L. Rabosky, G. Carnevale, L.J. Harmon, Nine exceptional radiations plus high turnover explain species diversity in jawed vertebrates, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 106 (2009) 13410–13414.
  58. [58]T.B. Waltzek, G.O. Kelley, M.E. Alfaro, T. Kurobe, A.J. Davison, R.P. Hedrick, Phylogenetic relationships in the family Alloherpesviridae, Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 84 (2009) 179–194.
  59. [59]J.R. Clark, R.H. Ree, M.E. Alfaro, M.G. King, W.L. Wagner, E.H. Roalson, A comparative study in ancestral range reconstruction methods: Retracing the uncertain histories of insular lineages, Systematic Biology. 57 (2008) 693–707.
  60. [60]D.C. Collar, P.C. Wainwright, M.E. Alfaro, Integrated diversification of locomotion and feeding in labrid fishes, Biology Letters. 4 (2008) 84–86.
  61. [61]A. Herrel, S.E. Vincent, M.E. Alfaro, S. Van Wassenbergh, B. Vanhooydonck, D.J. Irschick, Morphological convergence as a consequence of extreme functional demands: Examples from the feeding system of natricine snakes, Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 21 (2008) 1438–1448.
  62. [62]L.L. Smith, J.L. Fessler, M.E. Alfaro, J.T. Streelman, M.W. Westneat, Phylogenetic relationships and the evolution of regulatory gene sequences in the parrotfishes, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 49 (2008) 136–152.
  63. [63]M.E. Alfaro, D.R. Karns, H.K. Voris, C.D. Brock, B.L. Stuart, Phylogeny, evolutionary history, and biogeography of Oriental-Australian rear-fanged water snakes (Colubroidea: Homalopsidae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 46 (2008) 576–593.
  64. [64]A. Dornburg, F. Santini, M.E. Alfaro, The influence of model averaging on clade posteriors: An example using the triggerfishes (Family Balistidae), Systematic Biology. 57 (2008) 905–919.
  65. [65]M.E. Alfaro, F. Santini, C.D. Brock, Do reefs drive diversification in marine teleosts? Evidence from the pufferfish and their allies (order tetraodontiformes), Evolution. 61 (2007) 2104–2126.
  66. [66]A. Storfer, M.E. Alfaro, B.J. Ridenhour, J.K. Jancovich, S.G. Mech, M.J. Parris, J.P. Collins, Phylogenetic concordance analysis shows an emerging pathogen is novel and endemic, Ecology Letters. 10 (2007) 1075–1083.
  67. [67]M. Alfaro, J. Huelsenbeck, Comparative performance of Bayesian and AIC-based measures of phylogenetic model uncertainty, Systematic Biology. 55 (2006) 89–96.
  68. [68]M.E. Alfaro, M.T. Holder, The posterior and the prior in Bayesian phylogenetics, Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics. 37 (2006) 19–42.
  69. [69]M.E. Alfaro, D.I. Bolnick, P.C. Wainwright, Evolutionary consequences of many-to-one mapping of jaw morphology to mechanics in labrid fishes., The American Naturalist. 165 (2005).
  70. [70]M.W. Westneat, M.E. Alfaro, P.C. Wainwright, D.R. Bellwood, J.R. Grubich, J.L. Fessler, K.D. Clements, L.L. Smith, Local phylogenetic divergence and global evolutionary convergence of skull function in reef fishes of the family Labridae, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 272 (2005) 993–1000.
  71. [71]P.C. Wainwright, M.E. Alfaro, D.I. Bolnick, C.D. Hulsey, Many-to-one mapping of form to function: A general principle in organismal design?, Integrative and Comparative Biology. 45 (2005) 256–262.
  72. [72]M.W. Westneat, M.E. Alfaro, Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of the reef fish family Labridae, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 36 (2005) 370–390.
  73. [73]J.P. Huelsenbeck, B. Larget, M.E. Alfaro, Bayesian phylogenetic model selection using reversible jump Markov chain Monte Carlo, Molecular Biology and Evolution. 21 (2004) 1123–1133.
  74. [74]M.E. Alfaro, D.I. Bolnick, P.C. Wainwright, Evolutionary dynamics of complex biomechanical systems: An example using the four-bar mechanism, Evolution. 58 (2004) 495–503.
  75. [75]M.E. Alfaro, D.R. Karns, H.K. Voris, E. Abernathy, S.L. Sellins, Phylogeny of Cerberus (Serpentes: Homalopsinae) and phylogeography of Cerberus rynchops: Diversification of a coastal marine snake in Southeast Asia, Journal of Biogeography. 31 (2004) 1277–1292.
  76. [76]K.D. Clements, M.E. Alfaro, J.L. Fessler, M.W. Westneat, Relationships of the temperate Australasian labrid fish tribe Odacini (Perciformes; Teleostei), Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 32 (2004) 575–587.
  77. [77]M.E. Alfaro, S. Zoller, F. Lutzoni, Bayes or bootstrap? A simulation study comparing the performance of Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo sampling and bootstrapping in assessing phylogenetic confidence, Molecular Biology and Evolution. 20 (2003) 255–266.
  78. [78]M.E. Alfaro, Sweeping and striking: A kinematic study of the trunk during prey capture in three thamnophiine snakes, Journal of Experimental Biology. 206 (2003) 2381–2392.
  79. [79]J.T. Streelman, M. Alfaro, M.W. Westneat, D.R. Bellwood, S.A. Karl, Evolutionary history of the parrotfishes: Biogeography, ecomorphology, and comparative diversity, Evolution. 56 (2002) 961–971.
  80. [80]M.E. Alfaro, Forward attack modes of aquatic feeding garter snakes, Functional Ecology. 16 (2002) 204–215.
  81. [81]H.K. Voris, M.E. Alfaro, D.R. Karns, G.L. Starnes, E. Thompson, J.C. Murphy, Phylogenetic relationships of the Oriental-Australian rear-fanged water snakes (Colubridae: Homalopsinae) based on mitochondrial DNA sequences, Copeia. (2002) 906–915.
  82. [82]M.E. Alfaro, S.J. Arnold, Molecular systematics and evolution of Regina and the Thamnophiine snakes, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 21 (2001) 408–423.
  83. [83]M.E. Alfaro, Motor control across trophic strategies: Muscle activity of biting and suction feeding fishes, American Zoologist. 41 (2001) 1266–1279.
  84. [84]M. Alfaro, M.W. Westneat, Motor patterns of herbivorous feeding: Electromyographic analysis of biting in the parrotfishes Cetoscarus bicolor and Scarus iseri, Brain, Behavior and Evolution. 54 (1999) 205–222.