Maya F. Stokes
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View article: Convergent Evolution in Amblyopsid Cavefishes and the Age of Eastern North American Subterranean Ecosystems
Convergent Evolution in Amblyopsid Cavefishes and the Age of Eastern North American Subterranean Ecosystems Open
Genomes provide tools for reconstructing organismal evolution and larger Earth system processes. Although genome sequences have been jointly analyzed with geological data to understand links between biological evolution and geological phen…
View article: Undescribed and imperiled vertebrate biodiversity near an American urban center
Undescribed and imperiled vertebrate biodiversity near an American urban center Open
Urban expansion threatens biodiversity hotspots and endemic species. In this study, we describe two imperiled new species of fishes belonging to the vermilion darter ( Etheostoma chermocki ) complex. These new species are restricted to ind…
View article: Erosional exhumation of carbonate rock facilitates dispersal-mediated allopatric speciation in freshwater fishes
Erosional exhumation of carbonate rock facilitates dispersal-mediated allopatric speciation in freshwater fishes Open
A fundamental goal of evolutionary biology is to understand the mechanisms that generate and maintain biodiversity. Discovery and delimitation of species represent essential prerequisites for such investigations. We investigate a freshwate…
View article: A river runs through it: Causal graphs capture rivers’ complex control on the genetic structure of populations
A river runs through it: Causal graphs capture rivers’ complex control on the genetic structure of populations Open
Earth’s physiographic features shape the genetic evolution of organisms. Understanding the conditions under which such features act as barriers to gene flow requires quantifying and articulating the features of both the barrier and the org…
View article: Erosion through ancient geologic structures as a mechanism for freshwater fish speciation in a post-orogenic mountain range
Erosion through ancient geologic structures as a mechanism for freshwater fish speciation in a post-orogenic mountain range Open
The legacy of tectonic deformation affects geomorphic and biological dynamics, even in post-orogenic mountain ranges. As ancient geologic structures originally created through tectonic deformation are exhumed through erosion, rocks with di…
View article: The Erosional Signature of Drainage Divide Motion Along the Blue Ridge Escarpment
The Erosional Signature of Drainage Divide Motion Along the Blue Ridge Escarpment Open
The planform rearrangement of river basins is recognized as an important process for landscape evolution. The boundaries of river basins can shift either through gradual drainage divide migration or discrete river captures, but the methods…
View article: Blue Ridge Escarpment Drainage Divide Retreat Code
Blue Ridge Escarpment Drainage Divide Retreat Code Open
The data and code in this repository was developed for publication in the manuscript: Stokes, MF, Larsen, IJ, Goldberg, SL, McCoy, SW, Prince, PP, & Perron, JT, The erosional signature of drainage divide motion along the Blue Ridge escarpm…
View article: Blue Ridge Escarpment Drainage Divide Retreat Code
Blue Ridge Escarpment Drainage Divide Retreat Code Open
The data and code in this repository was developed for publication in the manuscript: Stokes, MF, Larsen, IJ, Goldberg, SL, McCoy, SW, Prince, PP, & Perron, JT, The erosional signature of drainage divide motion along the Blue Ridge escarpm…
View article: Modeling the Evolution of Aquatic Organisms in Dynamic River Basins
Modeling the Evolution of Aquatic Organisms in Dynamic River Basins Open
Rivers are conduits for aquatic organisms and host an exceptional number of species. Over geologic time, rivers and the aquatic organisms that live in them are subject to changes in topography that can alter where rivers flow. Differences …
View article: Ongoing River Capture in the Amazon
Ongoing River Capture in the Amazon Open
River capture is thought to trigger abrupt changes in evolving continental drainage systems, but it is almost always inferred rather than observed, and the mechanisms that lead to capture are unclear. We shed light on these mechanisms by d…