Christopher Blair

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Brief Bio:

  • 2014 - present - Assistant Professor, NYC College of Technology and doctoral faculty, Graduate Center
  • 2012-2014 - Postdoctoral Associate - Duke University
  • 2007-2012 - PhD - University of Toronto and Royal Ontario Museum
  • 2004-2006 - MA - Central CT State University
  • 1999-2003 - BA - University of Connecticut

 

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Christopher Blair, PhD

Assistant Professor

NYC College of Technology
Phone: 718.260.5342
Email Christopher Blair, PhD

Department: Biological Sciences

Discipline: Molecular systematics, phylogeography, biogeography, population genomics,herpetology

Research Title

Cryptic diversity and discordance in single-locus species delimitation methods in horned lizards (Phrynosomatidae: Phrynosoma)

We used single locus data to quantify the degree of discordance in commonly used

molecular methods to determine species limits. Our secondary objective was to test

for the likelihood of additional cryptic species of horned lizard. Our results suggested a

high degree of discordance among methods, and that species-level diversity of horned

lizards is likely underestimated.

Blair C, Bryson RW. 2017. Cryptic diversity and discordance in single-locus species delimitation methods within horned lizards (Phrynosomatidae: Phrynosoma)

PSC-CUNY

Robert W. Bryson Jr.

Provided computational resources to complete the project in a timely manner.