Research

Our current research focuses

Evolution of cooperative breeding

• Sen Dong - Why senescence and cooperative breeding emerge

• 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

• Sen Dong - Why senescence and cooperative breeding emerge

• Callista Aikens - Epigenetic clocks of biological age and the intergenerational consequences of ageing in a vertebrate population

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

• Chuen Zhang Lee  - Gut microbiome, mortality and senescence 

Read about our research findings.