Lexi Brown

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OEB Ph.D. Candidate
B.A., Mt Holyoke College, 2006
Faculty Advisor: Ethan Clotfelter, Biology, Amherst College
acbro0@cns.umass.edu

Research Interests

Physiological trade-offs and sexual selection

My research interests include physiological trade-offs in natural systems, carotenoid allocation strategies, and sexual selection. I am currently studying how reverse sexually dimorphic female cichlids balance competing needs for dietary carotenoids.