Our new book chapter on the integrative biology of snake coloration was just published in the book "Snakes: Morphology, Function, and Ecology". This chapter is in collaboration with my colleague Alison Davis Rabosky, and we review the state of knowledge on snake coloration from cellular and genetic underpinnings to macroevolutionary patterns. The editor David Penning did a great job rounding up lots of excellent authors, and all of the chapters in the book are excellent! Check out the link to get the book.
Our new paper on regional heterothermy in ringneck snakes was just published in the Journal of Experimental Biology! This was a class project for a Field Herpetology course at the University of Virginia's Mountain Lake Biological Station. Check out the link to read the paper.
Our new paper on the impact of drought on Panamanian slender anole populations was just published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology! Check out the link to read the paper.
Our new paper on how climate anomalies and competition shape establishment success of experimentally introduced slender anole populations was just published in Ecology and Evolution! Check out the link to read the paper.
Our new paper on the species-specific expression of growth-regulatory genes in the GH/IGF-1 network was just published in Integrative and Organismal Biology! Check out the link to read the paper.
Our new paper on the evolution of hormone-phenotype couplings was just published in the journal Hormones and Behavior! We use quantitative evolutionary genetics and comparative transcriptomics to consider ways in which researchers can study the interface of hormones and phenotypes. Check out the paper to learn more.
Kelly Wuthrich (who took the above photo), Leah Bakewell, and Noah Gripshover get soaked catching lizards in Panama! They are working on our NSF-funded research on how organisms cope with rapid environmental change.
Our new paper on how testosterone impacts gene expression in brown anoles was just published! In this article, we describe how testosterone-responsive genes in the liver eventually become sex-biased in expression as the sexes diverge in body size during development. Click the link to read the paper.
Our new broader impacts program called "Evolution in Action" has begun! Four student scientists are in Panama, studying evolution in the tropics. Check out the link to the program website for regular updates and more information!
Our new paper on lens transmission in anurans and salamanders was just published in the journal Functiona Ecology! We found that ecological difference among species was important for explaining difference in spectral transmission in amphibians. Click the link to read the paper.
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