Britz, Ralf

Evolution of miniaturization and the phylogenetic position of Paedocypris, comprising the world's smallest vertebrate

Rüber, L., Kottelat, M., Tan, H., Ng, P. K., & Britz, R. (2007) · BMC Evolutionary Biology

Fish Biology and Ecology StudiesEvolution and Paleontology Studies

Cited by 165

Paedocypris , a new genus of Southeast Asian cyprinid fish with a remarkable sexual dimorphism, comprises the world's smallest vertebrate

Kottelat, M., Britz, R., Hui, T. H., & Witte, K.-E. (2006) · Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Fish Biology and Ecology StudiesFish biology, ecology, and behavior

Cited by 149

Osteology of Paedocypris, a miniature and highly developmentally truncated fish (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Cyprinidae)

Britz, R., & Conway, K. W. (2009) · Journal of Morphology

Fish Biology and Ecology StudiesComparative Animal Anatomy Studies

Cited by 103

Spectacular morphological novelty in a miniature cyprinid fish, Danionella dracula n. sp.

Britz, R., Conway, K. W., & Rüber, L. (2009) · Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Fish Biology and Ecology StudiesDevelopmental Biology and Gene Regulation

Cited by 97

The emerging vertebrate model species for neurophysiological studies is Danionella cerebrum, new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)

Britz, R., Conway, K. W., & Rüber, L. (2021) · Scientific Reports

Fish Biology and Ecology StudiesFish biology, ecology, and behavior

Cited by 53

The Most Developmentally Truncated Fishes Show Extensive Hox Gene Loss and Miniaturized Genomes

Malmstrøm, M., Britz, R., Matschiner, M., Tørresen, O. K., Hadiaty, R. K., Yaakob, N., Tan, H. H., Jakobsen, K. S., Salzburger, W., & Rüber, L. (2018) · Genome Biology and Evolution

Chromosomal and Genetic VariationsDevelopmental Biology and Gene Regulation

Cited by 40

Danionella dracula , an escape from the cypriniform Bauplan via developmental truncation?

Britz, R., & Conway, K. W. (2016) · Journal of Morphology

Fish Biology and Ecology StudiesComparative Animal Anatomy Studies

Cited by 36

Extreme evolutionary shifts in developmental timing establish the miniature Danionella as a novel model in the neurosciences

Conway, K. W., M. Kubicek, K., & Britz, R. (2021) · Developmental Dynamics

Developmental Biology and Gene RegulationMorphological variations and asymmetry

Cited by 25

Danionella priapus, a new species of miniature cyprinid fish from West Bengal, India (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae)

BRITZ, R. (2009) · Zootaxa

Fish Biology and Ecology StudiesFish biology, ecology, and behavior

Cited by 17

Phylogenomics of Cypriniformes, the most diverse order of freshwater fishes: consensus, challenges and limitations

Sudasinghe, H., Britz, R., Matschiner, M., Conway, K. W., Tan, H. H., Kottelat, M., Raghavan, R., Dahanukar, N., Anoop, V. K., Bohlen, J., et al. (2026) · Molecular Biology and Evolution

Fish Biology and Ecology StudiesGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Cited by 8

The genome sequence of the Dracula fish, Danionella dracula (Britz, Conway & Rüber, 2009)

Rüber, L., Britz, R., Conway, K., Bista, I., McCarthy, S., Wood, J., Smith, M., Oliver, K., Howe, K., & Durbin, R. (2024) · Wellcome Open Research

Genomics and Phylogenetic StudiesChromosomal and Genetic Variations

Cited by 3

Reference genomes of four miniature and non-miniature cypriniform fishes inhabiting acidic peat-swamp forest blackwaters of Southeast Asia

Sudasinghe, H., Liu, Z., Triginer-Llabrés, L., Hui Tan, H., Britz, R., Salzburger, W., Peichel, C. L., & Rüber, L. (2026) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Genomics and Phylogenetic StudiesChromosomal and Genetic Variations

Cited by 2

Convergent genome streamlining accompanies independent miniaturization in the world’s smallest fishes

Sudasinghe, H., Matschiner, M., Britz, R., Conway, K. W., Tan, H. H., Salzburger, W., Peichel, C. L., & Rüber, L. (2026) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Chromosomal and Genetic VariationsFish Biology and Ecology Studies

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