Research

Our current research focuses

Evolution of cooperative breeding

• Ellie Chesterton – Fitness benefits of helping and being helped as an offspring

• Mirjam Borger - Sex ratio modification theory

• Frigg Speelman - Socio-ecological correlates and fitness benefits of long-term partnerships

Senescence

• Claire Tsui – Quantitative genetics of senescence

• Sergio González-Mollinedo – Quantitative genomics of senescence

Inbreeding

• Sergio González-Mollinedo – Inbreeding effects on senescence

• Alessandro Pinto - Inbreeding effects on lifetime and inter-generational fitness

• Kiran Lee - Genomics of inbreeding

Gut microbiome

• Sarah Worsley – Gut microbiome variation, fitness and senescence 

• Chuen Zhang Lee  - Gut microbiome, mortality and senescence 

Personality

• Tara Cox – Causes and consequences of animal personalities

Read about our research findings.