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Our lab's research seeks to understand the diversity of
systems that animals use to communicate with one another, both at the level
of proximate mechanisms and in an evolutionary sense, and to understand the
role communication plays in shaping basic ecological and evolutionary
processes. Our primary focus is on visual and chemical communication in
teleost fishes, although students have worked on a wide variety of topics.
Integrative research is necessarily collaborative, and much of our research
involves work with other labs with complementary areas of specialization.
Current research focuses on mate choice and evolutionary genetics in hybrid
zones, gene expression across hybrid gradients, mechanisms of chemical
signaling, and visual ecology of reef fishes. Much of our work involves
playback of synthetic computer animations.
Our lab at TAMU includes extensive indoor space for experimentation and
animal housing and an array of outdoor stock ponds. Our CICHAZ
research station, within a long day's drive in Calnali, Hidalgo,
is a home base for field trips and experimental research in the eastern
Sierra Madre of Mexico.
TAMU offers excellent
intellectual and physical resources in both the Biology Department and
the broader program in Ecology,
Evolution, and Behavior. Bryan/College Station is within easy reach of
Houston, Austin,
and an array of ecologically distinct natural areas, and offers a bucolic
country lifestyle in a surprisingly cosmopolitan setting.
Prospective graduate
students should familiarize themselves with Rosenthal lab publications, then contact Gil Rosenthal directly before
submitting an application to TAMU's Department of Biology.
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