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Nancy I. Holcroft

Researcher at Johnson County Community College

Publications -  10
Citations -  1025

Nancy I. Holcroft is an academic researcher from Johnson County Community College. The author has contributed to research in topics: Monophyly & Maximum parsimony. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 10 publications receiving 933 citations. Previous affiliations of Nancy I. Holcroft include University of Kansas.

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Species‑specific bioluminescence facilitates speciation in the deep sea

TL;DR: It is shown, for the first time, that deep-sea fishes that possess species-specific bioluminescent structures (e.g., lanternfishes, dragonfishes) are diversifying into new species at a more rapid rate than deep-SEA fishes that utilize biol Luminescence in ways that would not promote isolation of populations.
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A molecular analysis of the interrelationships of tetraodontiform fishes (Acanthomorpha: Tetraodontiformes).

TL;DR: The RAG1 data appear to give the best estimate of tetraodontiform phylogeny, resulting in many strongly supported nodes and showing a high degree of congruence between both parsimony and Bayesian analyses.
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A molecular test of alternative hypotheses of tetraodontiform (Acanthomorpha : Tetraodontiformes) sister group relationships using data from the RAG1 gene

TL;DR: The results of an unweighted parsimony analysis indicate thatZeiformes is not the sister group of Tetraodontiformes, and Caproidae appears unrelated to Zeiformes.
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Mitochondrial genome and a nuclear gene indicate a novel phylogenetic position of deep-sea tube-eye fish (Stylephoridae)

TL;DR: The present results warrant a recognition of the new order for S. chordatus in fish systematics, and suggest that Stylephorus is not a lampridiform but is closely related to the order Gadiformes (cod and their relatives).