

Students in my lab examine aspects of speciation from the perspective of geographic variation in behavior in vertebrate systems. Most of our research focuses on a unisexual-bisexual species complex of mollies consisting of the Amazon molly (Poecilia formosa), an all female gynogentic fish that arose from a mating event between a sailfin molly (Poecilia latipinna) and an Atlantic molly (Poecilia mexicana) ~ 100,000 years ago.
Additionally, students in my lab examine aspects of the behavior of the San Marcos Salamander, a threatened species endemic to the San Marcos River. Behavioral data on this species will provide important insights into conservation decisions for this and other threatened species of salamanders.
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Lab News 2010:
Dr. Kristen Epp will start as an Assistant Professor at Ottawa University, Kansas - we will miss you.
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Courses I teach: Organismal Biology (1431) , Behavioral Ecology (7367), and Evolutionary Ecology (7336).
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