| Resolution of ray-finned fish phylogeny and timing of diversification TJ Near, RI Eytan, A Dornburg, KL Kuhn, JA Moore, MP Davis, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (34), 13698-13703, 2012 | 1006 | 2012 |
| Exploring power and parameter estimation of the BiSSE method for analyzing species diversification MP Davis, PE Midford, W Maddison BMC evolutionary biology 13, 1-11, 2013 | 281 | 2013 |
| The covert world of fish biofluorescence: a phylogenetically widespread and phenotypically variable phenomenon JS Sparks, RC Schelly, WL Smith, MP Davis, D Tchernov, VA Pieribone, ... PLoS One 9 (1), e83259, 2014 | 188 | 2014 |
| Repeated and Widespread Evolution of Bioluminescence in Marine Fishes MP Davis, JS Sparks, WL Smith PLOS ONE 11 (6), e0155154, 2016 | 124 | 2016 |
| Species-specific bioluminescence facilitates speciation in the deep sea MP Davis, NI Holcroft, EO Wiley, JS Sparks, W Leo Smith Marine biology 161, 1139-1148, 2014 | 111 | 2014 |
| Temporal patterns of diversification across global cichlid biodiversity (Acanthomorpha: Cichlidae) CD McMahan, P Chakrabarty, JS Sparks, WL Smith, MP Davis PloS one 8 (8), e71162, 2013 | 104 | 2013 |
| The first record of a trans-oceanic sister-group relationship between obligate vertebrate troglobites P Chakrabarty, MP Davis, JS Sparks Public Library of Science 7 (8), e44083, 2012 | 72 | 2012 |
| Evolution of Venomous Cartilaginous and Ray-Finned Fishes WL Smith, JH Stern, MG Girard, MP Davis Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2016 | 70 | 2016 |
| Estimating divergence times of lizardfishes and their allies (Euteleostei: Aulopiformes) and the timing of deep-sea adaptations MP Davis, C Fielitz Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57 (3), 1194-1208, 2010 | 66 | 2010 |
| Evolutionary relationships of the Aulopiformes (Euteleostei: Cyclosquamata): a molecular and total evidence approach MP Davis Origin and Phylogenetic Interrelationships of Teleosts, 431-470, 2010 | 56 | 2010 |
| Salamanders and other amphibians are aglow with biofluorescence JY Lamb, MP Davis Scientific Reports 10 (1), 2821, 2020 | 55 | 2020 |
| Evolution of the light organ system in ponyfishes (Teleostei: Leiognathidae) P Chakrabarty, MP Davis, WL Smith, R Berquist, KM Gledhill, LR Frank, ... Journal of Morphology 272 (6), 704-721, 2011 | 54 | 2011 |
| Biofluorescence in catsharks (Scyliorhinidae): fundamental description and relevance for elasmobranch visual ecology DF Gruber, ER Loew, DD Deheyn, D Akkaynak, JP Gaffney, WL Smith, ... Scientific Reports 6 (1), 24751, 2016 | 51 | 2016 |
| From the mountains to the sea: phylogeography and cryptic diversity within the mountain mullet, Agonostomus monticola (Teleostei: Mugilidae) CD McMahan, MP Davis, O Domínguez‐Domínguez, FJ García‐de‐León, ... Journal of Biogeography 40 (5), 894-904, 2013 | 48 | 2013 |
| Phylogeny, classification, and evolution of salinity tolerance of the North American topminnows and killifishes, family Fundulidae (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes) MJ Ghedotti, MP Davis Fieldiana Life and Earth Sciences 2013 (7), 1-65, 2013 | 47 | 2013 |
| Light in the darkness: new perspective on lanternfish relationships and classification using genomic and morphological data RP Martin, EE Olson, MG Girard, WL Smith, MP Davis Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 121, 71-85, 2018 | 46 | 2018 |
| The Phylogeny of Carangiform Fishes: Morphological and Genomic Investigations of a New Fish Clade MG Girard, MP Davis, WL Smith Copeia 108 (2), 265-298, 2020 | 35 | 2020 |
| Is sexual selection driving diversification of the bioluminescent ponyfishes (Teleostei: Leiognathidae)? P Chakrabarty, MP Davis, WL Smith, ZH Baldwin, JS Sparks Molecular Ecology 20 (13), 2818-2834, 2011 | 32 | 2011 |
| Morphology and evolution of bioluminescent organs in the glowbellies (Percomorpha: Acropomatidae) with comments on the taxonomy and phylogeny of Acropomatiformes MJ Ghedotti, JN Gruber, RW Barton, MP Davis, WL Smith. Journal of Morphology, 1-18, 2018 | 27 | 2018 |
| The first report of luminescent liver tissue in fishes: Evolution and structure of bioluminescent organs in the deep‐sea naked barracudinas (A ulopiformes: L estidiidae) MJ Ghedotti, RW Barton, AM Simons, MP Davis Journal of morphology 276 (3), 310-318, 2015 | 25 | 2015 |
