Projects
Current Projects
Fitness consequences of personality in House Sparrows (Passer domesticus)
Genetic control of avian plumage traits
Gene mapping in Soay sheep by linkage and linkage disequilibrium analysis
The selection and evolution of parasite resistance genes in a free-living mammal population
Egyptian spiny mouse population genetics
Gene mapping in wild bird populations
Microevolution in a long term, individual-based study of great tits
Great tit evolutionary genomics
UK Popnet
Genetic analysis of the Australian Brush-turkey
Sexual selection and fitness in the co-operatively breeding Seychelles warbler
Direct and indirect fitness effects of parental care in house sparrows
The Lundy Island house sparrow project
Plumage patterns of the Gouldian finch
A phylogeny of African plovers
Genetic variation and the response of plant communities to climate change
Genetics of sterility in a grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus) hybrid zone
Genetics of speciation in grasshoppers
Selection for adapation and the genetics of differentiation in Littorina saxatilis
Adaptation and barriers to gene flow in the marine snail Littorina saxatilis
Global Bedbug Spread: planes, genes and insecticides
Sexual selection and the rapid evolution of reproductive genes
Chemosensory genes and host-associated speciation in
aphids
Systematic review for knowledge exchange in conservation genetics
Genetics of Myotis bats
Nest mate recognition system in the narrow headed ant Formica exsecta
Past Projects
Mate choice in the house sparrow, Passer domesticus
Sexual selection in the house sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Biodiversity in European chickens
Mapping of quantitative trait loci for male fertility traits in the chicken
Analysis of a two-species newt metapopulation using microsatellites
Genetic testing of GIS-based models of dispersal in Triturus newts
Habitat-dependent patterns of reproductive success in the common newt (Triturus vulgaris)
Population genetics of the Eurasian badger (Meles meles)
Social behaviour in the Eurasian badger (Meles meles)
Genetic identification of illegal trade in the Cape parrot (Poicephalus robustus) and blue crane (Grus paradisea)
Reproductive strategies in the common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Sexual selection in the blue tit (Parus caeruleus)
Ecological and genetic basis of 'gigantism' in an island bird: an empirical test of new marker-based approaches
Role of microRNAs in phenotypic plasticity to environmental change
Effects of genetic impoverishment on plant community structure and diversity
Spatial and sexual segregation of Daubenton's bats in Wharfdale: a behavioural and genetic approach
Evolutionary genetics of the phenotypic response to environmental change in the North American red squirrel
The evolutionary genetics of social dominance in mountain goats, Oreamnos americanus
Worker policing, worker reproduction, and nepotism in honey bees
Collaborative Projects
Kinship and paternity studies in birds
Investment strategies by parents and helpers in the cooperatively breeding long-tailed tit.
The effect of ecology,demography and migration on the prevalence of cooperative breeding in the long-tailed tit.
Alternative routes to cooperative breeding in the Rifleman, Acanthisitta chloris.
The evolution of cooperative behaviour in the sociable weaver (Philetairus socius)
Molecular genetics of alternative male reproductive morphs in Ruffs (Philomachus pugnax)
The group´s work is currently supported by grants from: Natural Environment Research Council, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, European Commission, the Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), Scottish Natural Heritage, the Marie Curie Programme (EU) and the White Rose Fund.