Matthew Holding
Graduate Student
Advisor: L. Gibbs
I study the evolution of venom toxicity in Northern Pacific rattlesnakes and venom resistance in California ground squirrels. My primary goal is to evaluate the importance and implications of coevolution, or reciprocal selection on traits between species, for the evolution of these two species.
Areas of Expertise
- Evolutionary Biology
- Physiological Ecology
- Herpetology
Education
- M.S. California Polytechnic State University; Biological Sciences, 2011
- B. Sc. Ball State University; Biology, 2009
