Meiotic drivers are genetic variants that selfishly manipulate the production of gametes to
increase their own rate of transmission, often to the detriment of the rest of the genome and …

Scientists are rapidly develo** synthetic gene drive elements intended for release into
natural populations. These are intended to control or eradicate disease vectors and pests, or …

Invasive rodents are a major cause of environmental damage and biodiversity loss,
particularly on islands. Unlike insects, genetic biocontrol strategies including population …

Wild populations of the house mouse (Mus musculus) represent the raw genetic material for
the classical inbred strains in biomedical research and are a major model system for …

Polyandry, by elevating sexual conflict and selecting for reduced male care relative to
monandry, may exacerbate the cost of sex and thereby seriously impact population fitness …

Spermatogenesis is a long and complex process that, despite the shared overall goal of
producing the male gamete, displays striking amounts of interspecific diversity. In this …

Female meiotic drive, in which chromosomal variants preferentially segregate to the egg
pole during asymmetric female meiosis, is a theoretically pervasive but still mysterious form …

Larger testes are considered the quintessential adaptation to sperm competition. However,
the strong focus on testis size in evolutionary research risks ignoring other potentially …

The rule of Mendelian inheritance is remarkably robust, but deviations from the equal
transmission of alternative alleles at a locus [aka transmission ratio distortion (TRD)] are also …

Background Our research focuses on mechanisms that promote and stabilize social
behavior, fitness consequences of cooperation, and how interactions with conspecifics …