In my postdoc I began to study which kinds of selection pressures resulted in phenotypic differentiation in a group of Brazilian lizards. I'm identifying the correlated evolution of morphology, performance and habitat use incorporating between-sex differentiation into the equation. This study demands a lot of field work which is really fun! I started a mark-recapture study in one of the species to quantify selection on morphological and functional traits in the wild. Also, I'm collecting and measuring several different species to complete a comparative study.
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Together with some colleagues, I'm investigating how form and function of Tropidurus lizards is influenced by the temperature that their eggs experience during incubation treatments. Also, we investigate if form-function relationships are influenced by substrate use during ontogeny, We are using some cool techniques such as: x-ray and high-speed cameras.
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In the Warner lab, I have an experiment set up to test if female brown anoles use sex-ratios as clues to allocate the sex of their offspring. As their reproductive season is extended, we are using both adult and juvenile sex-ratios in our treatments. The animals are being housed in an outdoor space and females are producing lots of eggs. I'm pumped to see the eggs hatching!
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