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.

sperm-and-spermatheca

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.

James Bemrose joined the Tribolium lab

We welcome James who who will answer interesting questions surrounding cryptic female choice for his PhD using the flour beetle system. He will also take advantage of sister species of the flour beetles for this doctoral research.