Michael J. Wade Affiliate Faculty

Research interests:

• Evolution in Metapopulations
• Genetic basis of speciation in Tribolium
• Epistasis
• Evolutionary genetics of maternal effects
• Sexual selection and alternative male mating strategies
• Coevolution of arthropod hosts and Wolbachia endosymbionts

The range of projects studied by my doctoral students is very diverse. It includes:

• The genetic basis of female choice of mates in fruit flies;
• The evolution of pollen flow distance in Plantago lanceolata, the common plantain;
• Effects of dispersal on genetic population structure in the Fowler's toad;
• Genetic covariation between inter- and intraspecific competitive ability; and
• The evolution of annual, biannual, and perennial plant life histories.
• The research of most of my doctoral students combines mathematical modeling with field and laboratory experiments.

Research areas:

• Behavior
• Evolution
• Microbial Interactions and Pathogenesis

Keywords: evolution  

Research Interests:

• behavior; evolution; microbial interactions and pathogenesis

Research Interests

• behavior; evolution; microbial interactions and pathogenesis