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Jonathan Losos

William H. Danforth Distinguished University Professor, Professor of Biology, Co-Director for Living Earth Collaborative

 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4712-8258

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    The primary focus of the Losos Lab is on the behavioral and evolutionary ecology of lizards. Major questions concern how lizards interact with their environment and how lizard clades have diversified evolutionarily. Addressing such questions requires integration of behavioral, ecological, functional morphological, and phylogenetic studies. A major focus has been the evolutionary radiation of Caribbean Anolis lizards, but other lizard radiations are also being studied. A newly-developing line of research concerns whether and how species are adapting to urban environments.

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    • Diversification and Evolutionary Dynamics in Tropical Montane Regions

      Salazar, J. C., Algar, A. C., Poe, S., Losos, J. B. & Velasco, J. A., Mar 2026, In: Global Ecology and Biogeography. 35, 3, e70218.

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    • Copy-cat evolution: Divergence and convergence within and between cat and dog breeds

      Drake, A. G., Revell, L. J., Klingenberg, C. P., Lattimer, J. C., Nelson, N. C., Schmidt, M. J., Zwingenberger, A. L., Moyer, J. K. & Losos, J. B., May 6 2025, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 122, 18, e2413780122.

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    • Morphological and genomic responses to hurricanes arise and persist during a biological invasion

      Kolbe, J. J., Giery, S. T., Petherick, A. S., Losos, J. B. & Bock, D. G., Nov 25 2025, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 122, 47, e2517322122.

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    • Pirates of the Caribbean (and Elsewhere): Three-Legged Lizards and the Study of Evolutionary Adaptation

      Stroud, J. T., Kolbe, J. J., Doshna, B., Anderson, C. V., French, S. S., Miles, D. B., Zani, P. A., Suh, J. J., Passos, D. C., Roberts, T. J., Whiting, M. J., Cusick, K., Aja, M., Appleton, M., Arnashus, A., Arnold, D. S., Bastiaans, E., Barnett, K., Boronow, K. E. & Brisson, J. A. & 32 others, Calder, D., Clay, S., Clobert, J., Connior, M. B., Cooper, T. L., Castañeda, M. D. R., Dufour, C. M. S., Gamble, T., Geneva, A. J., Gray, L. N., Griffin, K., Hall, J. M., Herrmann, N. C., Hillen, B., Johnson, L. E., Kamath, A., Langkilde, T., Langner, C., Lapiedra, O., Leal, M., Maayan, I., Massot, M., Miller, A. H., Muñoz, M. M., Norval, G., Perkins, S. L., Pike, D. A., Schoener, T. W., Templeton, A. R., Vazquez, E., Walker, A. & Losos, J. B., Nov 2025, In: American Naturalist. 206, 5, p. 403-417 15 p.

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    • Sexual size dimorphism as a determinant of biting performance dimorphism in Anolis lizards

      Toyama, K. S., Losos, J. B., Herrel, A. & Mahler, D. L., Feb 1 2025, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 38, 2, p. 251-260 10 p.

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