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These pages contain information about the laboratory of Jonathan Losos.
Please check out a list of Summer 2008 Research Projects for interested undergraduate students. Selected publications from the Losos Lab (current students in bold): Landesman, W.J., Allan, B.F., Langerhans, R.B., Knight, T.M. and Chase, J.M. 2007. Inter-annual associations between precipitation and human incidence of West Nile Virus in the United States. Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 7: 337-343. PDF. Revell, L.J., M. A. Johnson, J. A. Schulte II, J. J. Kolbe, and J. B. Losos. 2007. A phylogenetic test for adaptive convergence in rock-dwelling lizards. Evolution 61: 2898-2912. PDF. Revell, L.J. 2007. Testing the genetic constraint hypothesis in a phylogenetic context: A simulation study. Evolution 61: 2720-2727. PDF. Langerhans, R.B., M.E. Gifford, and E.O. Joseph. 2007. Ecological speciation in Gambusia fishes. Evolution 61:2056-2074. PDF. Revell, L. J., M. A. Johnson, J. A. Schulte II, J. J. Kolbe, and J. B. Losos. 2007. A phylogenetic test for adaptive convergence in rock-dwelling lizards. Evolution Online Early. PDF. Duckworth, R.A., and A.V. Badyaev. 2007. Coupling of dispersal and aggression facilitates the rapid range expansion of a passerine bird. PNAS 104:15017-15022. PDF. Revell, L. J. 2007. The G matrix under fluctuating correlational mutation and selection. Evolution 61: 1857-1872. PDF. Swenson, N.G., D.L. Mahler, M. Ferro, and A. Ritchie. 2007. The energetic determination, spatial dispersion and density dependence of Myrmeleon ant lion pits in Las Cruces, Costa Rica. Biotropica. PDF. Langerhans, R.B., L.J. Chapman, and T.J. DeWitt. 2007. Complex phenotype-environment associations revealed in an East African cyprinid. J. Evol. Biol. 20:1171-1181. PDF Revell, L.J., L.J. Harmon, R.B. Langerhans, and J.J. Kolbe. 2007. A phylogenetic approach to determining the importance of constraint on phenotypic evolution in the neotropical lizard, Anolis cristatellus. Evol. Ecol. Res. 9:261-282. PDF Duckworth, R.A. 2006. Aggressive behaviour affects selection on morphology by influencing settlement patterns in a passerine bird. Proc. R. Soc. B 273: 1789-1795. PDF. Losos, J.B., T.W. Schoener, R.B. Langerhans, and D.A. Spiller. 2006. Rapid temporal reversal in predator-driven natural selection. Science 314:1111. PDF Supplementary Material Langerhans, R.B. 2006. Evolutionary consequences of predation: avoidance, escape, reproduction, and diversification. Pages 177-220 in A.M.T. Elewa, ed. Predation in organisms: a distinct phenomenon. Heidelberg, Germany, Springer-Verlag. PDF. Knouft, J.H., J.B. Losos, R.E. Glor, and J.J. Kolbe. 2006. Phylogenetic analysis of the evolution of the niche in lizards of the Anolis sagrei group. Ecology 87:S29-S38. PDF Johnson, M.A., R. Kirby, S. Wang, and J.B. Losos. 2006. What drives variation in habitat use by Anolis lizards: habitat availability or selectivity? Can. J. Zool. 84:877-886. PDF Langerhans, R.B., J.H. Knouft, and J.B. Losos. 2006. Shared and unique features of diversification in greater antillean Anolis ecomorphs. Evolution 60:362-369. PDF Harmon, L.J., and J.B. Losos. 2005. The effect of intraspecific sample size on Type I and Type II error rates in comparative studies. Evolution 59:2705-2710. PDF Revell, L.J., L.J. Harmon, and R.E. Glor. 2005. Underparameterized model of sequence evolution leads to bias in the estimation of diversification rates from molecular phylogenies. Syst. Biol. 54:973-983. PDF |