Welcome to the lab group of Professor Matthew Gage.
School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia (UEA).

Our primary interests are in reproduction, sexual selection and conflict, and especially the evolution of sperm form and function.

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Research in the group uses a number of animal models (insects, fishes, mammals), in both field and laboratory studies to answer questions of the functional and adaptive significance of reproductive strategies and mechanisms.

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Team Tribolium

Using a model insect to answer big evolutionary questions.

Salmon

Controlled, replicated experiments in a wild species.

Sexual selection, experimental evolution, ‘bisexual’ beetles and curtailing controversy.

This post describe some amazing reproductive strategies, the paradox of homosexuality in nature, a recent experiment where the Gage lab explored reasons behind homosexuality in insects and the public reaction that followed. Check out the paper here: Experimental evolution with an insect model reveals that male homosexual behaviour occurs due to inaccurate mate choice…