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Conservation Genetics

August 31, 2014 4:51 pm Published by

As part of an international, collaborative effort to develop new conservation methods for the Philippine government, I am working to develop baseline phylogenetic databases for many of...

Limb Loss in the Genus Scelotes

August 16, 2014 6:16 pm Published by

Elyse Freitas – Research Statement: With more than 1600 species, the lizard Family Scincidae is the most biodiverse group of lizards. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution...

Nicholas Huron Biography

August 13, 2014 4:19 pm Published by

As an M.S. student at the University of Oklahoma, Nicholas Huron is targeting unique and largely understudied amphibians and reptiles of Southeast Asia in his research. Nick...

Tucker Walton Biography

August 11, 2014 4:02 pm Published by

Tucker Walton is a senior from Tulsa, Oklahoma studying biology at the University of Oklahoma. After taking field herpetology at the OU Biological station in the summer...

Phylogenetics and Patterns of Diversification

August 8, 2014 4:52 pm Published by

Over the last few years we have explored the patterns and processes of morphological character evolution and species-level diversification, focusing on understanding the biogeographic and evolutionary histories of...

Elyse Freitas Biography

August 7, 2014 4:22 pm Published by

Elyse Freitas is a first year PhD student in the Siler Lab at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History at the University of Oklahoma in...

Phylogeography

August 6, 2014 4:52 pm Published by

Southeast Asia’s complex geological history and highly variable geography and ecology provide an ideal template for testing the effects of geographic change on phylogenetic processes. Within this...

Conner Davey Biography

August 5, 2014 4:25 pm Published by

Conner Davey joined our lab two years ago as a collection volunteer and then became an undergraduate honors research assistant last year. He is currently is a senior at...