Publications

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Schiavon L, Desvignes T, Ronco F, Matschiner M, Gastaldi M, Koppetsch T, Schrøder-Nielsen A, Postlethwait JH, Prestanti A, Stranci F, Ceballos SG, Mark FC, Lucassen M, Riginella E, La Mesa M, Papetti C (2025). Sex differentiation and long-distance gene flow in the elusive Antarctic fish Aethotaxis mitopteryx. Ecology and Evolution  15, no. 8: e71847. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71847.

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Huyghe CET, Fages A, Ronco F, Indermaur A, Schedel FDB, Kimirei I, Makasa L, Tschopp P, Salzburger W (2025). Metagenomic Insights Into the Dietary Diversity of the Adaptive Radiation of Cichlid Fishes in Lake Tanganyika. Molecular Ecology 34 (9), e17743 https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17743

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Indermaur A, Schedel FDB, Ronco F (2025). Morphological diversity of the genus Telmatochromis from the Lake Tanganyika drainage with the description of a new riverine species and the generic reassignment of the Malagarasi River lamprologine. Journal of Fish Biology 106 (4), 1214-1230 https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.16042

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Duque-Correa MJ, Clements KD, Meloro C, Ronco F, Boila A, Indermaur A, Salzburger S, Clauss M (2024). Diet and habitat as determinants of intestine length in fishes. Reviews in fish biology and fisheries 34 (3), 1017-1034 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-024-09853-3

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Piwoni‐Piórewicz A, Liow LH, Krzemińska M, Chełchowski M, Iglikowska A, Ronco F, Mazurkiewicz M, Smith AM, Gordon DP, Waeschenbach A, Najorka J, Figuerola B, Boonzaaier‐Davids MK, Achilleos K, Mello H, Florence WK, Vieira LM, Ostrovsky AN, Shunatova N, Porter JS, Sokolover N, Cumming RL, Novosel M, O'Dea A, Lombardi C, Jain SS, Huang D, Kukliński P (2024). Skeletal mineralogy of marine calcifying organisms shaped by seawater temperature and evolutionary history—A case study of cheilostome bryozoans. Global ecology and biogeography 33 (8), e13874 https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13874

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Schedel FDB, Huyghe CET, Boileau N, Indermaur A, Ronco F, Fritschi LM, Phiri M, Makasa L, Katongo C, Salzburger W (2024). Surrounded by Great Lakes: Assessing the ichthyological diversity of Northern Zambian drainage systems. Journal of Great Lakes Research 50 (3), 102245 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2023.102245

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Sommer-Trembo C, Santos ME, Clark B, Werner M, Fages A, Matschiner M, Hornung S, Ronco F, Oliver C, Garcia C, Tschopp P, Malinsky M, Salzburger W (2024). The genetics of niche-specific behavioral tendencies in an adaptive radiation of cichlid fishes. Science 384 (6694), 470-475 DOI: 10.1126/science.adj9228

21.Haefeli A, Schedel FDB, Ronco F, Indermaur A., & Salzburger W (2024). Revision of the cichlid fish genus Gnathochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Tanganyika with the description of a new genus Jabarichromis gen. nov. Zootaxa, 5410(3), 434-450. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5410.3.10
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Costa VA, Ronco F, Mifsud JCO, Harvey E, Salzburger W, Holmes EC (2024). Host adaptive radiation is associated with rapid virus diversification and cross-species transmission in African cichlid fishes. Current Biology 34 (6), 1247-1257. e3 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.02.008

19.Ricci V, Ronco F, Boileau N and Salzburger W (2023). Visual opsin gene expression evolution in the adaptive radiation of cichlid fishes of Lake Tanganyika. Science Advances, 9, eadg6568 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adg6568
18.Laurentino T G, Boileau N, Ronco F and Berner D (2022). The ectodysplasin-A receptor is a candidate gene for lateral plate number variation in stickleback fish. G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics, 12(6):1-10 doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkac077
17.Ricci V, Ronco F, Musilova Z and Salzburger W (2022). Molecular evolution and depth‐related adaptations of rhodopsin in the adaptive radiation of cichlid fishes in Lake Tanganyika. Molecular Ecology 31:2882–2897 doi.org/10.1111/mec.16429
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Ronco F and Salzburger W (2021). Tracing evolutionary decoupling of oral and pharyngeal jaws in cichlid fishes. Evolution Letters 5:625-635 doi.org/10.1002/evl3.257

15.El Taher A, Ronco F, Matschiner M, Salzburger W and Böhne A (2021). Dynamics of sex chromosome evolution in a rapid radiation of cichlid fish. Science Advances 7: eabe8215 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abe8215
14.Viertler A, Salzburger W & Ronco F (2021). Comparative scale morphology in the adaptive radiation of cichlid fishes (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from Lake Tanganyika. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 134: 541-556 doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blab099
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Ronco F & Salzburger W. (2021) The non-gradual nature of adaptive radiation. Zoology 146:125925 doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2021.125925

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Laurentino T, Xavier M, Ronco F , Pina‑ Martins F , Domingues I, Penha B, Dias M, de Sousa A , Carrilho T, Rodrigues L. R, Pinheiro C, Rato D, Balata D, Ayala‑ Botto G, Matos M, Campelo M and Botelho R. (2021) evALLution: making basic evolution concepts accessible to people with visual impairment through a multisensory tree of life. Evolution: Education and Outreach 14:5 doi.org/10.1186/s12052-021-00143-1

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El Taher A, Böhne A, Boileau N, Ronco F, Indermaur A, Widmer L &  Salzburger W (2021) Gene expression dynamics during rapid organismal diversification in African cichlid fishes. Nature Ecology and Evolution 5: 243–250. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-020-01354-3
10.Ronco F, M Matschiner, A Böhne, A Boila, HH Büscher, A El Taher, A Indermaur, M Malinsky, V Ricci, A Kahmen, S Jentoft & W Salzburger (2021) Drivers and dynamics of a massive adaptive radiation in cichlid fishes. Nature 589: 76–81. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2930-4
9.Matschiner M, A Böhne, F Ronco & W Salzburger (2020) The genomic timeline of cichlid fish diversification across continents. Nature Communications 11: 5895. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-17827-9
8.Laurentino T.G., Moser D., Roesti M., Ronco F., et al. Genomic release-recapture experiment in the wild reveals within-generation polygenic selection in stickleback fish. Nature Communications 11, 1928 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15657-3 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15657-3
7.Bose Aneesh P H, Windorfer J, Böhm A, Ronco F, Indermaur A, Salzburger W, Jordan A (2020) Structural manipulations of a shelter resource reveal underlying preference functions in a shell-dwelling cichlid fish. Proc. R. Soc. B. 28720200127 http://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.0127
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Ronco F, HH Büscher, A Indermaur & W Salzburger (2020) The taxonomic diversity of the cichlid fish fauna of ancient Lake Tanganyika, East Africa. Journal of Great Lakes Research 46: 1067–1078. reprint.pdf

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Ronco F, M Roesti & W Salzburger (2019) A functional trade-off between trophic adaptation and parental care predicts sexual dimorphism in cichlid fish. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286: 20191050. reprint.pdf

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Widmer L, E Heule, M Colombo, A Rueegg, A Indermaur, F Ronco & W Salzburger (2019) Point-­Combination­Transect­(PCT):­Incorporation­ of­ small­ underwater ­cameras­ to ­study fish ­communities. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 10: 891-901. reprint.pdf

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Theis A, O Roth, F Cortesi, F Ronco, W Salzburger & B Egger (2017) Variation of anal fin egg-spots along an environmental gradient in a haplochromine cichlid fish. Evolution 71: 766-777. .pdf

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Ronco, F and Salzburger, W, 2016. Speciation: Genomic Archipelagos in a Crater Lake. Current Biology, 26(5), pp.R197-R199. https://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(16)30004-5.pdf

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Theis A*, Ronco F*, Indermaur A, Salzburger W and Egger B (2014) Adaptive divergence between lake and stream populations of an East African cichlid fish. Molecular Ecology (doi: 10.1111/mec.12939) doi.org/10.1111/mec.12939