My dissertation focused on studying the role of temperature on Anolis apletophallus physiology, behavior, gene expression and epigenetic modifications (methylation). 

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I exposed slender anoles to an acute (3h) heat stress and measured heat tolerance, gene expression, and methylation patterns.

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My first chapter, exploring the changes in heat shock protein networks (HSPs) in response to a moderate and severe heat stress, has been published in Integrative and Comparative Biology. 

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