Chris Robinson
Postdoctoral Research Scholar,
School of Life Sciences
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Mail code: 4501Campus: Tempe
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Long Bio
I am a Postdoctoral Research Scholar in the lab of Dr. Kenro Kusumi. I study genomic evolution and how that facilitates diversity at multiple levels. At ASU, I will be studying how reptiles adapt to the unique selective pressures of desert climates using genomic tools. Previously, I worked with Dr. Bob Cox at the University of Virginia studying the evolution of hormone-phenotype couplings in Sceloporus lizards, with Dr. Matthew Gifford at the University of Central Arkansas studying how natural and sexual selection interact to maintain phenotypic variation in S. consobrinus, and with Dr. Michele Johnson at Trinity University studying the coevolution of neural morphology and communication behavior in lizards.
Education
- PhD from University of Virginia in 2024
- MS from University of Central Arkansas in 2017
- BS from Trinity University in 2014
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Research Interests
- Genetics
- Hormones
- Sexual Dimorphism
- RNAseq
- Lizards
Research Group
Kusumi Lab
Publications
- Robinson CD, MD Hale, CL Cox, HB John-Alder, and RM Cox. Effects of testosterone on gene expression are concordant between sexes but divergent across species of Sceloporus lizards. The American Naturalist 204:517-532.
- Robinson CD, MR Milnes, IT Clifton, CL Cox, HB John-Alder, and RM Cox. Evolutionary loss of male-specific coloration is associated with the loss of androgen receptor expression in skin of Sceloporus lizards. Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology 97:315-325.
- Robinson CD, MD Hale, TN Wittman, CL Cox, HB John-Alder, and RM Cox. 2023. Species differences in hormonally mediated gene expression underlie the evolutionary loss of sexually dimorphic coloration in Sceloporus lizards. Journal of Heredity 116:637-653.
- Cox RM, MD Hale, TN Wittman, CD Robinson, and CL Cox. 2022. Evolution of hormone-phenotype couplings and hormone-genome interactions. Hormones and Behavior 144:105216.
- Wittman TN, CD Robinson, JW McGlothlin, and RM Cox. 2021. Hormonal pleiotropy structures genetic covariance. Evolution Letters 5:397-407.