We have a number of different projects within our research group. Click on the links below to find out more:

Variation in maternal allocation - causes and consequences

How do patterns of sperm allocation and resource allocation during early development vary with maternal age, changes in the environment and in response to infection and disease. What are the consequences for offspring? Click the link to find out more.

Maternal immunity and responses to infection and vaccination

Maternal immunity plays an essential role in protecting offspring from disease during their early life but how specific is this response, how does it impact on the development of the offspring's own immune response and what consequences do interventions such as drug treatment and vaccination have on offspring success? Click the link to find out more.

Conflict over reproductive allocation

The evolution of reproductive traits is influenced by selection acting on maternal, paternal and offspring traits but their interests may differ widely, often leading to antagonistic evolution between the sexes and between parent and offspring. How does this play out to affect the fitness of all the individual involved? Click the link to find out more.