The University of Queensland

CRISPR/Cas9-mediated generation of biallelic F0 anemonefish (Amphiprion ocellaris) mutants

Mitchell, Laurie J., Tettamanti, Valerio, Rhodes, Justin S., Marshall, N. Justin, Cheney, Karen L. and Cortesi, Fabio (2021). CRISPR/Cas9-mediated generation of biallelic F0 anemonefish (Amphiprion ocellaris) mutants. PLoS One, 16 (12) e0261331, e0261331. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0261331

The visual opsin gene repertoires of teleost fishes: evolution, ecology, and function

Musilova, Zuzana, Salzburger, Walter and Cortesi, Fabio (2021). The visual opsin gene repertoires of teleost fishes: evolution, ecology, and function. Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology, 37 (1), 441-468. doi: 10.1146/annurev-cellbio-120219-024915

Vision using multiple distinct rod opsins in deep-sea fishes

Musilova, Zuzana, Cortesi, Fabio, Matschiner, Michael, Davies, Wayne I. L., Patel, Jagdish Suresh, Stieb, Sara M., de Busserolles, Fanny, Malmstrøm, Martin, Tørresen, Ole K., Brown, Celeste J., Mountford, Jessica K., Hanel, Reinhold, Stenkamp, Deborah L., Jakobsen, Kjetill S., Carleton, Karen L., Jentoft, Sissel, Marshall, Justin and Salzburger, Walter (2019). Vision using multiple distinct rod opsins in deep-sea fishes. Science, 364 (6440), 588-592. doi: 10.1126/science.aav4632

Ancestral duplications and highly dynamic opsin gene evolution in percomorph fishes

Cortesi, Fabio, Musilová, Zuzana, Stieb, Sara M., Hart, Nathan S., Siebeck, Ulrike E., Malmstrøm, Martin, Tørresen, Ole K., Jentoft, Sissel, Cheney, Karen L., Marshall, N. Justin, Carleton, Karen L. and Salzburger, Walter (2015). Ancestral duplications and highly dynamic opsin gene evolution in percomorph fishes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112 (5), 1493-1498. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1417803112

The Use of Modern Genetic Tools in Anemonefishes

Mitchell, Laurie John Lee, Yamanaka, Sakuto, Kinoshita, Masato and Cortesi, Fabio (2022). The Use of Modern Genetic Tools in Anemonefishes. Evolution, Development and Ecology of Anemonefishes. (pp. 41-52) Boca Raton: CRC Press. doi: 10.1201/9781003125365-6

The Visual Ecology of Anemonefishes

Cortesi, Fabio, Tettamanti, Valerio and Busserolles, Fanny de (2022). The Visual Ecology of Anemonefishes. Evolution, Development and Ecology of Anemonefishes. (pp. 87-94) Boca Raton: CRC Press. doi: 10.1201/9781003125365-11

Marine fishes

Williams, Samuel M., Holmes, Bonnie J., Barnett, Adam, Rogers, Troy, Fetterplace, Lachlan, Middleton, Heather, Mitchell, Jonathan, Sih, Tiffany, Harasti, David, Sheaves, Marcus, Henderson, Christopher J., Tibbetts, Ian R., Mitchell, Laurie , Martin, Tyson, Pepperell, Julian, Moore, Andy, Skelton, Megan, Taylor, Matthew, Gilby, Ben L., Chargulaf, Craig, Cortesi, Fabio, Currey-Randall, Leanne M., Tracey, Sean, Rabbitt, Sheridan and Campbell, Matthew (2022). Marine fishes. Wildlife research in Australia: practical and applied methods. (pp. 519-542) edited by Bradley Smith, Helen Waudby, Corinne Alberthsen and Jordan Hampton. Clayton South, VIC, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. doi: 10.1071/9781486313457

The evolution of the green-light-sensitive visual opsin genes (RH2) in teleost fishes

Musilova, Zuzana and Cortesi, Fabio (2023). The evolution of the green-light-sensitive visual opsin genes (RH2) in teleost fishes. Vision Research, 206 108204, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.visres.2023.108204

Higher ultraviolet skin reflectance signals submissiveness in the anemonefish, Amphiprion akindynos

Mitchell, Laurie J., Cortesi, Fabio, Marshall, N. Justin and Cheney, Karen L. (2023). Higher ultraviolet skin reflectance signals submissiveness in the anemonefish, Amphiprion akindynos. Behavioral Ecology, 34 (1) arac089, 19-32. doi: 10.1093/beheco/arac089

Developing and adult reef fish show rapid light‐induced plasticity in their visual system

Fogg, Lily G., Cortesi, Fabio, Gache, Camille, Lecchini, David, Marshall, N. Justin and de Busserolles, Fanny (2023). Developing and adult reef fish show rapid light‐induced plasticity in their visual system. Molecular Ecology, 32 (1), 167-181. doi: 10.1111/mec.16744

Long-wavelength-sensitive (lws) opsin gene expression, foraging and visual communication in coral reef fishes

Stieb, Sara M., Cortesi, Fabio, Jardim de Queiroz, Luiz, Carleton, Karen L., Seehausen, Ole and Marshall, N. Justin (2022). Long-wavelength-sensitive (lws) opsin gene expression, foraging and visual communication in coral reef fishes. Molecular Ecology, 32 (7), 1656-1672. doi: 10.1111/mec.16831

Anemonefish have finer color discrimination in the ultraviolet

Mitchell, Laurie J. , Phelan, Amelia , Cortesi, Fabio , Marshall, N. Justin , Chung, Wen-Sung , Osorio, Daniel C. and Cheney, Karen L. (2022). Anemonefish have finer color discrimination in the ultraviolet.

Multiple rod layers increase the speed and sensitivity of vision in nocturnal reef fishes

Fogg, Lily G. , Chung, Wen-Sung , Cortesi, Fabio , Marshall, N. Justin and de Busserolles, Fanny (2022). Multiple rod layers increase the speed and sensitivity of vision in nocturnal reef fishes.

Development of dim-light vision in the nocturnal reef fish family Holocentridae I: retinal gene expression

Fogg, Lily G., Cortesi, Fabio, Lecchini, David, Gache, Camille, Marshall, N. Justin and de Busserolles, Fanny (2022). Development of dim-light vision in the nocturnal reef fish family Holocentridae I: retinal gene expression. Journal of Experimental Biology, 225 (17) jeb244513. doi: 10.1242/jeb.244513

Development of dim-light vision in the nocturnal reef fish family Holocentridae. II: retinal morphology

Fogg, Lily G., Cortesi, Fabio, Lecchini, David, Gache, Camille, Marshall, N. Justin and de Busserolles, Fanny (2022). Development of dim-light vision in the nocturnal reef fish family Holocentridae. II: retinal morphology. Journal of Experimental Biology, 225 (17) jeb244740. doi: 10.1242/jeb.244740

Extensive hybridisation throughout clownfishes evolutionary history

Schmid, Sarah , Micheli, Baptiste , Cortesi, Fabio , Donati, Giulia and Salamin, Nicolas (2022). Extensive hybridisation throughout clownfishes evolutionary history.

Seeing Picasso: an investigation into the visual system of the triggerfish, Rhinecanthus aculeatus

Cheney, Karen L., Hudson, Jemma, de Busserolles, Fanny, Luehrmann, Martin, Shaughnessy, Abigail, van den Berg, Cedric, Green, Naomi F., Marshall, N. Justin and Cortesi, Fabio (2022). Seeing Picasso: an investigation into the visual system of the triggerfish, Rhinecanthus aculeatus. Journal of Experimental Biology, 225 (7) jeb243907. doi: 10.1242/jeb.243907

CRISPR/Cas9-mediated generation of biallelic F0 anemonefish (Amphiprion ocellaris) mutants

Mitchell, Laurie J., Tettamanti, Valerio, Rhodes, Justin S., Marshall, N. Justin, Cheney, Karen L. and Cortesi, Fabio (2021). CRISPR/Cas9-mediated generation of biallelic F0 anemonefish (Amphiprion ocellaris) mutants. PLoS One, 16 (12) e0261331, e0261331. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0261331

Visual gene expression reveals a cone-to-rod developmental progression in deep-sea fishes

Lupše, Nik, Cortesi, Fabio, Freese, Marko, Marohn, Lasse, Pohlmann, Jan-Dag, Wysujack, Klaus, Hanel, Reinhold and Musilova, Zuzana (2021). Visual gene expression reveals a cone-to-rod developmental progression in deep-sea fishes. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 38 (12), 5664-5677. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msab281

Molecular evolution of ultraviolet visual opsins and spectral tuning of photoreceptors in anemonefishes (Amphiprioninae)

Mitchell, Laurie J, Cheney, Karen L, Lührmann, Martin, Marshall, Justin, Michie, Kyle and Cortesi, Fabio (2021). Molecular evolution of ultraviolet visual opsins and spectral tuning of photoreceptors in anemonefishes (Amphiprioninae). Genome Biology and Evolution, 13 (10) evab184. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evab184

The visual opsin gene repertoires of teleost fishes: evolution, ecology, and function

Musilova, Zuzana, Salzburger, Walter and Cortesi, Fabio (2021). The visual opsin gene repertoires of teleost fishes: evolution, ecology, and function. Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology, 37 (1), 441-468. doi: 10.1146/annurev-cellbio-120219-024915

Multiple ancestral and a plethora of recent gene duplications during the evolution of the green sensitive opsin genes (RH2) in teleost fishes

Musilova, Zuzana and Cortesi, Fabio (2021). Multiple ancestral and a plethora of recent gene duplications during the evolution of the green sensitive opsin genes (RH2) in teleost fishes.

Multiple ancestral duplications of the red-sensitive opsin gene (LWS) in teleost fishes and convergent spectral shifts to green vision in gobies

Cortesi, Fabio , Camacho, Daniel Escobar , Luehrmann, Martin , Sommer, Gina Maria and Musilova, Zuzana (2021). Multiple ancestral duplications of the red-sensitive opsin gene (LWS) in teleost fishes and convergent spectral shifts to green vision in gobies.

A 5‐channel LED display to investigate UV perception

Powell, Samuel, Mitchell, Laurie J., Phelan, Amelia M., Cortesi, Fabio, Marshall, Justin N. and Cheney, Karen L. (2021). A 5‐channel LED display to investigate UV perception. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 12 (4) 2041-210X.13555, 602-607. doi: 10.1111/2041-210x.13555

The visual ecology of Holocentridae, a nocturnal coral reef fish family with a deep-sea-like multibank retina

De Busserolles, Fanny, Cortesi, Fabio, Fogg, Lily, Stieb, Sara M., Luehrmann, Martin and Marshall, N. Justin (2021). The visual ecology of Holocentridae, a nocturnal coral reef fish family with a deep-sea-like multibank retina. Journal of Experimental Biology, 224 (1) jeb233098. doi: 10.1242/jeb.233098

The exceptional diversity of visual adaptations in deep-sea teleost fishes

de Busserolles, Fanny, Fogg, Lily, Cortesi, Fabio and Marshall, Justin (2020). The exceptional diversity of visual adaptations in deep-sea teleost fishes. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology, 106, 20-30. doi: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2020.05.027

Microhabitat partitioning correlates with opsin gene expression in coral reef cardinalfishes (Apogonidae)

Luehrmann, Martin, Cortesi, Fabio, Cheney, Karen L., Busserolles, Fanny and Marshall, N. Justin (2020). Microhabitat partitioning correlates with opsin gene expression in coral reef cardinalfishes (Apogonidae). Functional Ecology, 34 (5), 1041-1052. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13529

Seeing the rainbow: mechanisms underlying spectral sensitivity in teleost fishes

Carleton, Karen L., Escobar-Camacho, Daniel, Stieb, Sara M., Cortesi, Fabio and Marshall, N. Justin (2020). Seeing the rainbow: mechanisms underlying spectral sensitivity in teleost fishes. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 223 (8) jeb193334, jeb193334. doi: 10.1242/jeb.193334

Visual system diversity in coral reef fishes

Cortesi, Fabio, Mitchell, Laurie J., Tettamanti, Valerio, Fogg, Lily G., de Busserolles, Fanny, Cheney, Karen L. and Marshall, N. Justin (2020). Visual system diversity in coral reef fishes. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology, 106, 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2020.06.007

Visual system development of the spotted unicornfish, Naso brevirostris (Acanthuridae)

Tettamanti, Valerio, de Busserolles, Fanny, Lecchini, David, Marshall, N. Justin and Cortesi, Fabio (2019). Visual system development of the spotted unicornfish, Naso brevirostris (Acanthuridae). The Journal of Experimental Biology, 222 (24) jeb209916, jeb.209916. doi: 10.1242/jeb.209916

A detailed investigation of the visual system and visual ecology of the Barrier Reef anemonefish, Amphiprion akindynos

Stieb, Sara M., de Busserolles, Fanny, Carleton, Karen L., Cortesi, Fabio, Chung, Wen-Sung, Dalton, Brian E., Hammond, Luke A. and Marshall, N. Justin (2019). A detailed investigation of the visual system and visual ecology of the Barrier Reef anemonefish, Amphiprion akindynos. Scientific Reports, 9 (1) 16459, 16459. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-52297-0

Cardinalfishes (Apogonidae) show visual system adaptations typical of nocturnally and diurnally active fish

Luehrmann, Martin, Carleton, Karen L., Cortesi, Fabio, Cheney, Karen L. and Marshall, N. Justin (2019). Cardinalfishes (Apogonidae) show visual system adaptations typical of nocturnally and diurnally active fish. Molecular Ecology, 28 (12), 3025-3041. doi: 10.1111/mec.15102

Vision using multiple distinct rod opsins in deep-sea fishes

Musilova, Zuzana, Cortesi, Fabio, Matschiner, Michael, Davies, Wayne I. L., Patel, Jagdish Suresh, Stieb, Sara M., de Busserolles, Fanny, Malmstrøm, Martin, Tørresen, Ole K., Brown, Celeste J., Mountford, Jessica K., Hanel, Reinhold, Stenkamp, Deborah L., Jakobsen, Kjetill S., Carleton, Karen L., Jentoft, Sissel, Marshall, Justin and Salzburger, Walter (2019). Vision using multiple distinct rod opsins in deep-sea fishes. Science, 364 (6440), 588-592. doi: 10.1126/science.aav4632

Opsin gene evolution in amphibious and terrestrial combtooth blennies (Blenniidae)

Cortesi, Fabio , Cheney, Karen L., Cooke, Georgina M. and Ord, Terry J. (2018). Opsin gene evolution in amphibious and terrestrial combtooth blennies (Blenniidae).

Colours and colour vision in reef fishes: past, present and future research directions

Marshall, N.J., Cortesi, F., De Busserolles, F., Siebeck, U.E. and Cheney, K.L. (2018). Colours and colour vision in reef fishes: past, present and future research directions. Journal of Fish Biology, 95 (1) jfb.13849, 5-38. doi: 10.1111/jfb.13849

Triggerfish uses chromaticity and lightness for object segregation

Mitchell, Laurie, Cheney, Karen L., Cortesi, Fabio, Marshall, N. Justin and Vorobyev, Misha (2017). Triggerfish uses chromaticity and lightness for object segregation. Royal Society Open Science, 4 (12) 171440, 1-10. doi: 10.1098/rsos.171440

Pushing the limits of photoreception in twilight conditions: the rod-like cone retina of the deep-sea pearlsides

de Busserolles, Fanny, Cortesi, Fabio, Helvik, Jon Vidar, Davies, Wayne I. L., Templin, Rachel M., Sullivan, Robert K. P., Michell, Craig T., Mountford, Jessica K., Collin, Shaun P., Irigoien, Xabier, Kaartvedt, Stein and Marshall, Justin (2017). Pushing the limits of photoreception in twilight conditions: the rod-like cone retina of the deep-sea pearlsides. Science Advances, 3 (11) eaao4709, eaao4709. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aao4709

Real-time social selection maintains honesty of a dynamic visual signal in cooperative fish

Bachmann, Judith C., Cortesi, Fabio, Hall, Matthew D., Marshall, N. Justin, Salzburger, Walter and Gante, Hugo F. (2017). Real-time social selection maintains honesty of a dynamic visual signal in cooperative fish. Evolution Letters, 1 (5), 269-278. doi: 10.1002/evl3.24

Regulation, constraints and benefits of colour plasticity in a mimicry system

Cheney, Karen L., Cortesi, Fabio and Nilsson Sköld, Helen (2017). Regulation, constraints and benefits of colour plasticity in a mimicry system. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 122 (2), 385-393. doi: 10.1093/biolinnean/blx057

Variation of anal fin egg-spots along an environmental gradient in a haplochromine cichlid fish

Theis, Anya, Roth, Olivia, Cortesi, Fabio, Ronco, Fabrizia, Salzburger, Walter and Egger, Bernd (2017). Variation of anal fin egg-spots along an environmental gradient in a haplochromine cichlid fish. Evolution, 71 (3), 766-777. doi: 10.1111/evo.13166

Why UV vision and red vision are important for damselfish (Pomacentridae): structural and expression variation in opsin genes

Stieb, Sara M., Cortesi, Fabio, Sueess, Lorenz, Carleton, Karen L., Salzburger, Walter and Marshall, N. J. (2017). Why UV vision and red vision are important for damselfish (Pomacentridae): structural and expression variation in opsin genes. Molecular Ecology, 26 (5), 1323-1342. doi: 10.1111/mec.13968

From crypsis to mimicry: changes in colour and the configuration of the visual system during ontogenetic habitat transitions in a coral reef fish

Cortesi, Fabio, Musilova, Zuzana, Stieb, Sara M., Hart, Nathan S., Siebeck, Ulrike E., Cheney, K. L., Salzburger, Walter and Marshall, N. Justin (2016). From crypsis to mimicry: changes in colour and the configuration of the visual system during ontogenetic habitat transitions in a coral reef fish. Journal of Experimental Biology, 219 (16), 2545-2558. doi: 10.1242/jeb.139501

Depth-dependent plasticity in opsin gene expression varies between damselfish (Pomacentridae) species

Stieb, Sara M., Carleton, Karen L., Cortesi, Fabio, Marshall, N. Justin and Salzburger, Walter (2016). Depth-dependent plasticity in opsin gene expression varies between damselfish (Pomacentridae) species. Molecular Ecology, 25 (15), 3645-3661. doi: 10.1111/mec.13712

A complex mode of aggressive mimicry in a scale-eating cichlid fish

Boileau, Nicolas, Cortesi, Fabio, Egger, Bernd, Muschick, Moritz, Indermaur, Adrian, Theis, Anya, Buscher, Heinz H. and Salzburger, Walter (2015). A complex mode of aggressive mimicry in a scale-eating cichlid fish. Biology Letters, 11 (9) 20150521, 1-4. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2015.0521

Phenotypic Plasticity Confers Multiple Fitness Benefits to a Mimic

Cortesi, Fabio, Feeney, William E., Ferrari, Maud C. O., Waldie, Peter A., Phillips, Genevieve A. C., McClure, Eva C., Skold, Helen N., Salzburger, Walter, Marshall, N. Justin and Cheney, Karen L. (2015). Phenotypic Plasticity Confers Multiple Fitness Benefits to a Mimic. Current Biology, 25 (7), 949-954. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.02.013

Ancestral duplications and highly dynamic opsin gene evolution in percomorph fishes

Cortesi, Fabio, Musilová, Zuzana, Stieb, Sara M., Hart, Nathan S., Siebeck, Ulrike E., Malmstrøm, Martin, Tørresen, Ole K., Jentoft, Sissel, Cheney, Karen L., Marshall, N. Justin, Carleton, Karen L. and Salzburger, Walter (2015). Ancestral duplications and highly dynamic opsin gene evolution in percomorph fishes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112 (5), 1493-1498. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1417803112

Conspicuous visual signals do not coevolve with increased body size in marine sea slugs

Cheney, K. L., Cortesi, F., How, M. J., Wilson, N. G., Blomberg, S. P., Winters, A. E., Umanzor, S. and Marshall, N. J. (2014). Conspicuous visual signals do not coevolve with increased body size in marine sea slugs. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 27 (4), 676-687. doi: 10.1111/jeb.12348

Conspicuousness is correlated with toxicity in marine opisthobranchs

Cortesi, F. and Cheney, K. L. (2010). Conspicuousness is correlated with toxicity in marine opisthobranchs. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 23 (7), 1509-1518. doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02018.x

Bluespotted ribbontail ray colored by quasi-ordered natural photonic structures (Conference Presentation)

Bouchat, Julien, Cortesi, Fabio, Cheney, Karen, Vukusic, Peter, Marshall, N. Justin, Deparis, Olivier and Mouchet, Sébastien R. (2022). Bluespotted ribbontail ray colored by quasi-ordered natural photonic structures (Conference Presentation). SPIE. doi: 10.1117/12.2646127

Data for: Seeing Picasso: an investigation into the visual system of the triggerfish, Rhinecanthus aculeatus

Cheney, Karen , de Busserolles, Fanny, Luehrmann, Martin , Shaughnessy, Abigail , van den Berg, Cedric, Green, Naomi , Marshall, Justin and Cortesi, Fabio (2022). Data for: Seeing Picasso: an investigation into the visual system of the triggerfish, Rhinecanthus aculeatus. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/bb0f237

Higher ultraviolet skin reflectance signals submissiveness in the anemonefish, Amphiprion akindynos

Mitchell, Laurie J. , Cortesi, Fabio, Marshall, Justin N. and Cheney, Karen L. (2022). Higher ultraviolet skin reflectance signals submissiveness in the anemonefish, Amphiprion akindynos. Dryad. (Dataset) doi: 10.5061/dryad.kwh70rz6t

Gene-editing in anemonefish

Cortesi, Fabio, Dunn, Simon, Cheney, Karen, Powell, Samuel, Tettamanti, Valerio, Mitchell, Laurie, Luehrmann, Martin, van den Berg, Cedric, Green, Naomi and Mailer, Chelsea (2021). Gene-editing in anemonefish. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/ddf0baa

GBE anemonefish visual gene supporting data

Cortesi, Fabio, Dunn, Simon, Cheney, Karen, Powell, Samuel, Tettamanti, Valerio, Mitchell, Laurie, Luehrmann, Martin, van den Berg, Cedric, Green, Naomi and Mailer, Chelsea (2021). GBE anemonefish visual gene supporting data. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/673b710

A 5-channel LED display to investigate UV perception

Powell, Samuel, Mitchell, Laurie J., Phelan, A. M. , Cortesi, Fabio, Marshall, Justin N. and Cheney, Karen L. (2020). A 5-channel LED display to investigate UV perception. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/3e1e21e