What do we do? We are interested in whole organism evolutionary biology, especially the evolution of behavioural and morphological reproductive traits. Our main focus is therefore testing sexual selection theory. The kinds of questions we ask are:
We use: Acoustic monitoring devices | Sound analysis | Immunological assays | Diet manipulations | Paternity analysis | Sperm assays
We study: Fish | Crickets | Beetles | Humans
- Why is there a tight scaling relationship between body and genital size in some species?
- Is there a trade-off between diets that maximize mating as opposed to fertilization success?
- How does inbreeding affect sexually selected traits versus other traits?
- Why do females mate multiply?
- What affects the offspring sex ratio?
We use: Acoustic monitoring devices | Sound analysis | Immunological assays | Diet manipulations | Paternity analysis | Sperm assays
We study: Fish | Crickets | Beetles | Humans