Johnson Lab
Trinity University
Lizard behavioral evolution
Johnson Lab
Trinity University
Lizard behavioral evolution
Welcome to the Johnson Lab!
Michele A. Johnson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Trinity University
Department of Biology
One Trinity Place
San Antonio, TX 78212
Office: 216 Cowles Life Science
Phone: 210-999-8918
Email: michele.johnson [at] trinity.edu
How does behavior evolve? Research in our lab addresses this question, primarily using lizards in the genus Anolis, or anoles. We use field observations, laboratory experiments, molecular genetics, neuroendocrine techniques, and comparative methodology to explore the influence of the environment on behavioral evolution. In particular, we are examining associations among the physical and social environments with variation in behavior and the underlying morphological structures that produce it.
Lab News
11/2009 - Our lab technician, Tara Whittle, has just arrived and is already making the lab a safer, more organized, and more productive place to work. Welcome, Tara!
Join us on Fridays at 12:30pm in CLS 210 for our Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior joint lab meetings. Feel free to bring your lunch!
09/2009 - Welcome to Veronica Lopez, a senior Neuroscience major who's just joined the lab and is working on the evolution of lizard copulatory structures!
Updated November 2009
Anolis evermanni, Puerto Rico
Anolis olssoni, Dominican Republic
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