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Selected recent publications from the Losos Lab:

Losos, J. B., and R. E. Ricklefs. 2009. Adaptation and diversification on islands. Nature 457: 830-836. PDF

Gavrilets, S., and J. B. Losos. 2009. Adaptive radiation: Contrasting theory with data. Science 323: 732-737. PDF

Crandall, E. D., M. E. Jones, M. M. Muñoz, B. Akinronbi, M. V. Erdmann, and P. H. Barber. 2008. Comparative phylogeography of two seastars and their ectosymbionts within the Coral Triangle. Molecular Ecology 105: 18830–18835. PDF

Ord, T.J., and J.A. Stamps. 2008. Alert signals enhance animal communication in “noisy” environments. PNAS 105: 18830–18835. PDF

Pinto, G., D. L. Mahler, L. J. Harmon, and J. B. Losos. 2008. Testing the island effect in adaptive radiation: rates and patterns of morphological diversification in Caribbean and mainland Anolis lizards. Proc. R. Soc. B 275: 2749–2757. PDF

Ord, T.J. 2008. Dawn and dusk “chorus” in visually communicating Jamaican anole lizards. Am. Nat. 172: 585-592. PDF

Herrel, A., A. De Smet, L.F. Aguirre and P. Aerts. 2008. Morphological and mechanical determinants of bite force in bats: do muscles matter? J. Exp. Biol. 211: 86-91. PDF

Revell, L.J., L.J. Harmon, and D.C. Collar. 2008. Phylogenetic signal, evolutionary process, and rate. Syst. Biol. 57: 591–601. PDF

Herrel, A., K. Huyghe, B. Vanhooydonck, T. Backeljau, K. Breugelmans, I. Grbac, R. Van Damme, and D. J. Irschick. 2008. Rapid large-scale evolutionary divergence in morphology and performance associated with exploitation of a different dietary resource. PNAS 105: 4792–4795. PDF

Revell, L. J. and L. J. Harmon. 2008. Testing quantitative genetic hypotheses about the evolutionary rate matrix for continuous characters. Evol. Ecol. Res. 10: 311-321. PDF

Sanger, T.J., J.B. Losos, and J.J. Gibson-Brown. 2008. A developmental staging series for the lizard genus Anolis: a new system for the integration of evolution, development, and ecology. J. Morph. 269:129-137. PDF

Revell, L. J., and A. S. Harrison. 2008. PCCA: A program for phylogenetic canonical correlation analysis. Bioinformatics 24: 1018-1020. PDF

Johnson, M. A., M. Leal, L. R. Schettino, A. C. Lara, L. J. Revell, and J. B. Losos. 2008. A phylogenetic perspective on foraging mode evolution in West Indian Anolis lizards. An. Behav. 75: 555-563. PDF

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The Losos Lab is located in MCZ Labs 210; Phone 617-496-9099; Fax 617-495-5667.
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Updated Feb. 19, 2009. Comments/Questions regarding the website email Liam Revell.