Cox, Christian

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Cox, Christian Graduate Faculty

Positions

Associate Professor, Biological Sciences , College of Arts, Sciences & Education

ccox@fiu.edu

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biography

Ecology, Integrative Evolutionary Biology

research interests

Integrates evolutionary biology, physiology, transcriptomics, and genomics to understand both the evolution and function of phenotypic and genetic variation

selected scholarly works & creative activities

Article
- 2024
  
  Plasticity of Gene Expression and Thermal Tolerance: Implications for Climate Change Vulnerability in a Tropical Forest Lizard
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/729927
- 2024
  
  3D printed models are an accurate, cost-effective, and reproducible tool for quantifying terrestrial thermal environments. JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY. 119.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2023.103762 Web of Science: 001133956900001
- 2023
  
  A high-quality genome for the slender anole (Anolis apletophallus): an emerging model for field studies of tropical ecology and evolution. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS. 14.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkad248 Web of Science: 001105781400001
- 2023
  
  Species differences in hormonally mediated gene expression underlie the evolutionary loss of sexually dimorphic coloration in Sceloporus lizards. JOURNAL OF HEREDITY. 114:637-653.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esad046 Web of Science: 001050242300001
- 2023
  
  DNA Methylation and Counterdirectional Pigmentation Change following Immune Challenge in a Small Ectotherm. PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY. 96:418-429.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/727692 Web of Science: 001150414400005
- 2023
  
  Island colonisation leads to rapid behavioural and morphological divergence in Anolis lizards. EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY. 37:779-795.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10682-023-10248-2 Web of Science: 001013400100001
- 2023
  
  Bite or flight? Behavioral interactions between bark anoles and brown anoles in their nonnative range. JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY. 321:40-49.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/jzo.13094 Web of Science: 001008374500001
- 2023
  
  When Food Fights Back: Skull Morphology and Feeding Behavior of Centipede-Eating Snakes. INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY. 63:34-47.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/icb/icad047 Web of Science: 001002364600001
- 2023
  
  A diminutive snake species can maintain regional heterothermy in both and thermal environments. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY. 226.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1242/jeb.245380 Web of Science: 001018280800008
- 2023
  
  A diminutive snake species can maintain regional heterothermy in both homogeneous and heterogeneous thermal environments.. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY. 226:jeb245380.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1242/jeb.245380
- 2022
  
  Sustained Drought, but Not Short-Term Warming, Alters the Gut Microbiomes of Wild Anolis Lizards. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY. 88.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1128/aem.00530-22 Web of Science: 000861409300001
- 2022
  
  Climate anomalies and competition reduce establishment success during island colonization. ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION. 12.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9402 Web of Science: 000865096400001
- 2022
  
  Species-Specific Expression of Growth-Regulatory Genes in 2 Anoles with Divergent Patterns of Sexual Size Dimorphism
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/iob/obac025 Web of Science: 000837773700001
- 2022
  
  Evolution of hormone-phenotype couplings and hormone-genome interactions. HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR. 144.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2022.105216 Web of Science: 000831015000006
- 2022
  
  Ontogenetic Change in Male Expression of Testosterone-Responsive Genes Contributes to the Emergence of Sex-Biased Gene Expression in Anolis sagrei
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.886973 Web of Science: 000816006200001
- 2022
  
  Ecology drives patterns of spectral transmission in the ocular lenses of frogs and salamanders. FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY. 36:850-864.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.14018 Web of Science: 000762097200001
- 2022
  
  Predator-based selection and the impact of edge sympatry on components of coral snake mimicry. EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY. 36:135-149.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10682-021-10143-8 Web of Science: 000741590400001
- 2022
  
  HOW MANY SPECIES OF RATTLESNAKES ARE THERE IN THE CROTALUS DURISSUS SPECIES GROUP (SERPENTES: CROTALIDAE)?
  Full Text via DOI: 10.22201/fc.25942158e.2022.1.330
- 2021
  
  A chromosome-level genome assembly for the eastern fence lizard (Sceloporus undulatus), a reptile model for physiological and evolutionary ecology. GIGASCIENCE. 10.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/gigascience/giab066 Web of Science: 000708518100002
- 2021
  
  Elevation, oxygen, and the origins of viviparity
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.23072 Web of Science: 000672177900001
- 2021
  
  Sex-Specific Population Differences in Resting Metabolism Are Associated with Intraspecific Variation in Sexual Size Dimorphism of Brown Anoles. PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY. 94:205-214.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/714638 Web of Science: 000648687000001
- 2021
  
  Tactile stimuli induce deimatic antipredator displays in ringneck snakes. ETHOLOGY. 127:465-474.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/eth.13152 Web of Science: 000636694700001
- 2021
  
  Habitat structure mediates vulnerability to climate change through its effects on thermoregulatory behavior. BIOTROPICA. 53:1121-1133.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/btp.12951 Web of Science: 000646076800001
- 2021
  
  Using Integrative Biology to Infer Adaptation from Comparisons of Two (or a Few) Species. PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY. 94:162-170.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/714018 Web of Science: 000637084500001
- 2021
  
  Genetic mechanisms and correlational selection structure trait variation in a coral snake mimic. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 288.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2021.0003 Web of Science: 000629960300010
- 2021
  
  Sex-specific microhabitat use is associated with sex-biased thermal physiology in Anolis lizards. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY. 224.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1242/jeb.235697 Web of Science: 000614491900012
- 2020
  
  Sex-biased parasitism and expression of a sexual signal. BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY. 131:785-800.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blaa162 Web of Science: 000605693200005
- 2020
  
  Thermal ecology and physiology of an elongate and semi-fossorial arthropod, the bark centipede. JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY. 94.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2020.102755 Web of Science: 000598118000005
- 2020
  
  Relative fitness of decoy coloration is mediated by habitat type. ZOOLOGY. 142.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2020.125820 Web of Science: 000579358100007
- 2020
  
  Spatial and temporal dynamics of exuberant colour polymorphism in the southern cricket frog. JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY. 54:2249-2264.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2020.1842536 Web of Science: 000623638100001
- 2020
  
  Ectoparasite extinction in simplified lizard assemblages during experimental island invasion. BIOLOGY LETTERS. 16.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2020.0474 Web of Science: 000560114300001
- 2020
  
  Social Behavior in Nototriton brodiei in the Cloud Forest of Cusuco National Park, Honduras
  Full Text via DOI: 10.2994/SAJH-D-18-00015.1
- 2020
  
  Evolutionary history and sex are significant drivers of crayfish demography in resource-limited cave ecosystems. EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY. 34:235-255.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10682-019-10029-w
- 2020
  
  Acclimatization in the physiological performance of an introduced ectotherm. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY. 223.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1242/jeb.201517 Web of Science: 000541830200001
- 2020
  
  Acclimatization in the physiological performance of an introduced ectotherm.. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1242/jeb.201517
- 2020
  
  Sex-specific microhabitat use is associated with sex-biased thermal physiology in Anolis lizards.. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1242/jeb.235697
- 2019
  
  Environmental heterogeneity and not vicariant biogeographic barriers generate community-wide population structure in desert-adapted snakes. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY. 28:4535-4548.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/mec.15182 Web of Science: 000480997100001
- 2019
  
  Evolutionary and ecological forces underlying ontogenetic loss of decoy coloration. BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY. 128:138-148.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blz084
- 2019
  
  HERPETOFAUNAL ASSEMBLAGE AND NATURAL HISTORY OF A WETLAND AND PRAIRIE COMPLEX OF THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS. SOUTHWESTERN NATURALIST. 64:89-97.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909-64-2-89 Web of Science: 000537287900003
- 2019
  
  Evidence of predation risk increases with body size in a diminutive snake. JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY. 307:141-148.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12627
- 2018
  
  Testing the geographical dimensions of genetic diversity following range expansion in a North American snake. BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY. 125:586-599.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/bly137
- 2018
  
  Synopsis and taxonomic revision of three genera in the snake tribe Sonorini. JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY. 52:945-988.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2018.1449912
- 2018
  
  Do ring-necked snakes choose retreat sites based upon thermal preferences?. JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY. 71:232-236.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2017.11.020
- 2017
  
  Condition dependence of shared traits differs between sympatric Anolis lizards
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/jez.2076
- 2017
  
  Hormonally mediated increases in sex-biased gene expression accompany the breakdown of between-sex genetic correlations in a sexually dimorphic lizard. AMERICAN NATURALIST. 189:315-332.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/690105
- 2016
  
  Correlated evolution between targets of pre- and postcopulatory sexual selection across squamate reptiles
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2344
- 2016
  
  Coral snakes predict the evolution of mimicry across New World snakes
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11484
- 2016
  
  Sex-specific antipredator response to auditory cues in the black spiny-tailed iguana. JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY. 299:68-74.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12326
- 2016
  
  Unlinked Mendelian inheritance of red and black pigmentation in snakes: Implications for Batesian mimicry. EVOLUTION. 70:944-953.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/evo.12902
- 2016
  
  Both sexes suffer increased parasitism and reduced energy storage as costs of reproduction in the brown anole, Anolis sagrei. BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY. 117:516-527.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/bij.12685
- 2015
  
  Phylogeography and lineage-specific patterns of genetic diversity and molecular evolution in a group of North American skinks. BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY. 116:819-833.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/bij.12626
- 2015
  
  The metabolic cost of mounting an immune response in male brown anoles (Anolis sagrei)
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/jez.1960
- 2015
  
  Evolutionary shifts in habitat aridity predict evaporative water loss across squamate reptiles. EVOLUTION. 69:2507-2516.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/evo.12742
- 2015
  
  Female anoles retain responsiveness to testosterone despite the evolution of androgen-mediated sexual dimorphism. FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY. 29:758-767.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12383
- 2014
  
  A new salamander of the genus chiropterotriton (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from the sierra madre oriental of tamaulipas, Mexico
  Full Text via DOI: 10.2994/SAJH-D-14-00042.1
- 2014
  
  Additional distributional records of a recently described Mexican toad species, Incilius mccoyi (Anura: Bufonidae)
- 2014
  
  Cryptic genetic diversity and complex phylogeography of the boreal North American scorpion, Paruroctonus boreus (Vaejovidae). MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION. 71:298-307.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.11.005
- 2014
  
  Patterns of genetic diversity in the polymorphic ground snake (Sonora semiannulata). GENETICA. 142:361-370.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10709-014-9780-7
- 2013
  
  Spatial and temporal drivers of phenotypic diversity in polymorphic snakes. AMERICAN NATURALIST. 182.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/670988
- 2013
  
  Sequence variation in the Mc1r gene for a group of polymorphic snakes. GENE. 513:282-286.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.10.065
- 2012
  
  Report from the First Snake Genomics and Integrative Biology Meeting
  Full Text via DOI: 10.4056/sigs.3106480
- 2012
  
  The fitness consequences of the autotomous blue tail in lizards: An empirical test of predator response using clay models. ZOOLOGY. 115:339-344.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2012.04.001
- 2012
  
  Rapid range expansion in the Great Plains narrow-mouthed toad (Gastrophryne olivacea) and a revised taxonomy for North American microhylids. MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION. 64:645-653.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.05.020
- 2012
  
  Molecular systematics of the genus Sonora (Squamata: Colubridae) in central and western Mexico
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2012.666293
- 2012
  
  Non-linear scaling of oxygen consumption and heart rate in a very large cockroach species (Gromphadorhina portentosa): Correlated changes with body size and temperature. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY. 215:1137-1143.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1242/jeb.061143
- 2011
  
  Spatial Dynamics of Body Size Frequency Distributions for North American Squamates
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s11692-011-9132-9
- 2010
  
  Analyzing the relationship between sequence divergence and nodal support using Bayesian phylogenetic analyses. MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION. 57:485-494.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.05.009
- 2010
  
  Integrated postprandial responses of the diamondback water snake, nerodia rhombifer. PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY. 83:618-631.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/648737
- 2009
  
  Cover object usage among an assemblage of Iowa snakes
- 2008
  
  Matched regulation of gastrointestinal performance in the Burmese python, Python molurus. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY. 211:1131-1140.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1242/jeb.015313
- 2007
  
  Effects of meal size, meal type, and body temperature on the specific dynamic action of anurans
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00360-006-0119-2
- 2007
  
  Cooking and grinding reduces the cost of meat digestion. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY. 148:651-656.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.08.014
- 2007
  
  Effects of meal size, clutch, and metabolism on the energy efficiencies of juvenile Burmese pythons, Python molurus. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY. 148:861-868.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.08.029
- 2002
  
  Autogamy and floral longevity in Mimulus guttatus. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES. 163:567-573.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/340444
Book Chapter
- 2023
  
  The integrative biology of snake coloration. 179-217.
Conference
- 2021
  
  Both gene expression and physiology respond plasticity to thermal stress in a tropical forest lizard. INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY. E763-E763.
  Web of Science: 000651814702226
- 2021
  
  Genetic constraints, gene expression plasticity, and the importance of extreme weather events in the evolutionary response to climate change. INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY. E538-E539.
  Web of Science: 000651814701180
- 2021
  
  Temperature, oxygen, and the origins of viviparity. INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY. E961-E962.
  Web of Science: 000651814703203
- 2021
  
  Using integrative biology to infer adaptation from comparisons of two (or a few) species. INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY. E166-E167.
  Web of Science: 000651814700213
- 2020
  
  Evolution of skull morphology during diversification in specialist snakes. INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY. E342-E342.
  Web of Science: 000536432401564
- 2020
  
  Phenotypic Plasticity and the Response to Increasing Temperatures in a Tropical Lowland Lizard. INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY. E200-E200.
  Web of Science: 000536432400800
- 2020
  
  Sex-biased Parasitism and the Expression of a Sexual Signal in a Tropical Forest Lizard. INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY. E47-E47.
  Web of Science: 000536432400189
Letter
- 2013
  
  The relative utility of sequence divergence and phylogenetic informativeness profiling in phylogenetic study design. MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION. 437.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.10.016
Note
- 2017
  
  Squamata - Lizards: Anolis sagrei (brown anole) and leiocephalus carinatus (northern curlytail lizard). ectoparasites. 842.
Other Scholarly Work
- 2022
  
  Predator-based selection and the impact of edge sympatry on components of coral snake mimicry (Feb, 10.1007/s10682-021-10143-8, 2022). EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY. 151-151.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10682-022-10161-0 Web of Science: 000758969200001
- 2019
  
  Erratum: Evolutionary and ecological forces underlying ontogenetic loss of decoy coloration (Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (2019) 128:1 (138-148) DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blz084). BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY. 778.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blz137
Preprint
- A chromosome-level genome assembly for the Eastern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus undulatus), a reptile model for physiological and evolutionary ecology
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1101/2020.06.06.138248
- Predator-Based Selection And The Impact of Edge Sympatry On Components of Coral Snake Mimicry
  Full Text via DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-493560/v1
Review
- 2020
  
  Genetic Constraints, Transcriptome Plasticity, and the Evolutionary Response to Climate Change
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.538226 Web of Science: 000576435200001
- 2012
  
  Patterns of genetic differentiation among populations of Smilisca fodiens. 226-235.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-11-00064.1

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Christian Cox

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