Education
PhD Biology (2016 - 2020)
The University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Victoria AUS
Advisors: Dr. Devi Stuart-Fox, Dr. Claire A. McLean, Dr. Adnan Moussalli (Museums Victoria)
Dissertation: Speciation and secondary contact in a colourful agamid, Ctenophorus decresii
MSc Biology (2012 - 2015)
The University of Hawaii, Manoa
Honolulu, Hawaii USA
Specialization in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation
Advisor: Dr. Robert C. Thomson
Thesis: Origins of softshell turtles in Hawaii with implications for conservation
BSc Biology (2008 - 2012)
Saint Louis University
St. Louis, Missouri USA
Certificate in Biodiversity and Conservation
Advisor: Dr. Daniel E. Warren
Senior thesis: Buoyancy control in cold-submerged painted turtles (Chrysemys picta)
The University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Victoria AUS
Advisors: Dr. Devi Stuart-Fox, Dr. Claire A. McLean, Dr. Adnan Moussalli (Museums Victoria)
Dissertation: Speciation and secondary contact in a colourful agamid, Ctenophorus decresii
MSc Biology (2012 - 2015)
The University of Hawaii, Manoa
Honolulu, Hawaii USA
Specialization in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation
Advisor: Dr. Robert C. Thomson
Thesis: Origins of softshell turtles in Hawaii with implications for conservation
BSc Biology (2008 - 2012)
Saint Louis University
St. Louis, Missouri USA
Certificate in Biodiversity and Conservation
Advisor: Dr. Daniel E. Warren
Senior thesis: Buoyancy control in cold-submerged painted turtles (Chrysemys picta)
Publications
6. Dong CM, Johnston GR, Stuart-Fox D, Moussalli A, Rankin KJ, McLean CA. 2021. Elevation of divergent color polymorphic and monomorphic lizard lineages (Squamata: Agamidae) to species level. Ichthyology and Herpetology (formerly Copeia). 109(1): xx - xx.
doi: 10.1643/h2020064 (in press)
5. Stuart-Fox D, Aulsebrook A, Rankin KJ, Dong CM, McLean CA. 2021. Convergence and divergence in lizard colour polymorphisms. Biological Reviews. 96(1): 289-309.
https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12656
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4. McLean CA, Bartle RA, Dong CM, Rankin KJ, Stuart-Fox D. 2020. Divergent male and female mate preferences do not explain incipient speciation between lizard lineages. Current Zoology. zoaa010.
https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoaa010
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3. Dong CM, McLean CA, Moussalli A, Stuart-Fox D. 2019. Conserved visual sensitivities across divergent lizard lineages that differ in an ultraviolet sexual signal. Ecology and Evolution. 9(20): 11824 - 11832.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5686
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2. Dong CM, Engstrom TE, Thomson RC. 2016. Origins of softshell turtles in Hawaii with implications for conservation. Conservation Genetics. 17(1): 207 - 220.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-015-0772-7
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1. Cantrell EA, Dong CM, Hill CA, Warren DE. 2014. Buoyancy control in cold-submerged painted turtles: implications for overwintering physiology and behavior. Herpetologica. 70(4): 388 - 394.
https://doi.org/10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-14-00016
PDF
doi: 10.1643/h2020064 (in press)
5. Stuart-Fox D, Aulsebrook A, Rankin KJ, Dong CM, McLean CA. 2021. Convergence and divergence in lizard colour polymorphisms. Biological Reviews. 96(1): 289-309.
https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12656
4. McLean CA, Bartle RA, Dong CM, Rankin KJ, Stuart-Fox D. 2020. Divergent male and female mate preferences do not explain incipient speciation between lizard lineages. Current Zoology. zoaa010.
https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoaa010
3. Dong CM, McLean CA, Moussalli A, Stuart-Fox D. 2019. Conserved visual sensitivities across divergent lizard lineages that differ in an ultraviolet sexual signal. Ecology and Evolution. 9(20): 11824 - 11832.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5686
2. Dong CM, Engstrom TE, Thomson RC. 2016. Origins of softshell turtles in Hawaii with implications for conservation. Conservation Genetics. 17(1): 207 - 220.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-015-0772-7
1. Cantrell EA, Dong CM, Hill CA, Warren DE. 2014. Buoyancy control in cold-submerged painted turtles: implications for overwintering physiology and behavior. Herpetologica. 70(4): 388 - 394.
https://doi.org/10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-14-00016
Pre-prints
Dong CM, McLean CA, Elliott A, Moussalli A, Stuart-Fox D. When polymorphism and monomorphism meet: discordant genomic and phenotypic clines across a lizard contact zone. bioRxiv.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/840678v2 (PRE-PRINT)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/840678v2 (PRE-PRINT)
Media
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