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Lily C. Hughes

North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences ·
Area of research
Nature and Landscape Conservation · Genetics
Research interest
Research interests include Ichthyology and Marine Biology, Fish biology, ecology, and behavior, Genetic diversity and population structure, and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies.
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15
citations
1,289
works
36
NIH funding
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Recent publications

Ecological interactions and genomic innovation fueled the evolution of ray-finned fish endothermy
Science Advances 2025cited by 6position: middledoi
The impact of paleoclimatic changes on body size evolution in marine fishes
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2022cited by 37position: middledoi
Concordance and Discordance in the Phylogenomics of the Wrasses and Parrotfishes (Teleostei: Labridae)
Systematic Biology 2022cited by 32position: firstdoi
Phylogenomics of Bony-Tongue Fishes (Osteoglossomorpha) Shed Light on the Craniofacial Evolution and Biogeography of the Weakly Electric Clade (Mormyridae)
Systematic Biology 2022cited by 29position: middledoi
Phylogenomics and body shape morphometrics reveal recent diversification in the goatfishes (Syngnatharia: Mullidae)
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 2022cited by 16position: middledoi
Testing the Utility of Alternative Metrics of Branch Support to Address the Ancient Evolutionary Radiation of Tunas, Stromateoids, and Allies (Teleostei: Pelagiaria)
Systematic Biology 2021cited by 34position: middledoi
Evolutionary determinism and convergence associated with water-column transitions in marine fishes
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2020cited by 65position: middledoi

Grants

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Frequent collaborators

Dahiana Arcila · Scripps Institution of Oceanography5 papers (2020–2025)Ricardo Betancur‐R · Scripps Institution of Oceanography5 papers (2020–2025)Guillermo Ortı́ · George Washington University5 papers (2020–2025)Mark W. Westneat · Field Museum of Natural History4 papers (2022–2025)Carole C. Baldwin · The University of Texas at Austin4 papers (2020–2025)William T. White · The University of Texas at Austin4 papers (2021–2025)Aintzane Santaquiteria · George Washington University3 papers (2020–2025)Julien Clavel · Université Claude Bernard Lyon 12 papers (2022–2025) · 2 papers (2020–2025)Kent E. Carpenter · Dominion University College2 papers (2020–2021) · 2 papers (2021–2025)John J. Pogonoski · The University of Texas at Austin2 papers (2021–2022)Giorgio Carnevale · The University of Texas at Austin2 papers (2022–2025)Chloe M. Nash · University of Chicago2 papers (2022–2022) · 2 papers (2020–2025)H. J. Walker · Scripps Institution of Oceanography1 papers (2020–2020)Emily M. Troyer · University of Michigan1 papers (2022–2022)Danielle H. Drabeck · Tulane University1 papers (2025–2025) · 1 papers (2020–2020)James C. Tyler · The University of Texas at Austin1 papers (2022–2022)