The MacManes lab is interested in understanding how adaptive evolution has shaped animal (mostly mammals, birds, and amphibians) diversity. We are particularly interested in physiology and genetics, and use modern high-throughput sequencing technologies to better understand this. We have several ongoing projects, including [1] understanding how desert mammals survive without water, [2] neurobiology of parental care in birds, and [3] the genomic architecture of the development of color in poison frogs.
