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Displaying brown anole (Anolis sagrei) photographed in Cuba.

 

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Field Work  
Field work is central to our studies. Recent and ongoing field projects include work in the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Florida, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and Australia. Regular field trips to the Dominican Republic and Australia and expected over the next three years. Work in the Dominican Republic will focus on the role fo the dewlap in speciation, and on a highly polymorphic trunk-anole (Anolis distichus) in particular. Work in Australia will be focused on diversification of agamid lizards (in collaboration with Jane Melville and Jim Schulte).
Recent field work in the Dominican Republic (from left to right): Catching lizards along the Samana Bay; Juan, a park guard in Los Haitises; Anolis distichus, the species we were after; a failed attetmpt to rebuild a road in the Bahoruco mountains; our boat docked at a playita on the north coast; beach hopping with Manuel Leal; our hotel room after converting it into a laboratory.
Molecular Work  
Molecular genetic data provides an evolutionary context in which to interpret comparative questions. Most of this molecular data is generated de novo, and our lab at the University of Rochester will be fully equiped for methods such as DNA sequencing and fragment analysis. A number of recent projects have focused on the development of new molecular markers for use in anoles and other taxa. These include primers for phylogenetically informative nucelar introns and the identification of a highly polymorphic microsatellite markers.
Sequences of microsatellite loci from the Puerto Rican crested anole (Anolis cristatellus)

 
  Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627