Latest News
July · 2018
PhD position available!
January · 2018
PhD position available!
Who we are
Behaviour and Evolution (Pau Carazo’s research group) is part of the Ethology lab at Cavanilles Institute for Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology (University of Valencia). We are generally interested in the evolution and function of behaviour, and in the role that behaviour plays as a spearhead of evolutionary change. Currently, our main line of research is on biotic and abiotic factors modulating the intensity of sexual selection and sexual conflict, and its consequences in terms of population viability.
We are driven more by the questions than by the use of a particular organism, so we work or have worked with a variety of systems. Our current main model organism for work on sexual conflict, kin selection, behavioural plasticity and ageing is the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster). We also study Podarcis lizards, a fantastic system to ask questions about the evolution of communication. Our unit was set up in 2015, so we are young and enthusiastic!
Recent Publications
Thermal phenotypic plasticity of pre- and post-copulatory male harm buffers sexual conflict in wild Drosophila melanogaster
Lonsoño-Nieto, C., García-Roa, R., González, P. & Carazo, P. 2023. eLife, 12, e84759|Link.
Sexual selection buffers the negative consequences of population fragmentation on adaptive plastic responses to increasing temperatures
Iglesias-Carrasco, M., Taboada, B., Lozano, M., Carazo, P., García-Roa, R. & Garcia-Gonzalez, F. 2023. Evolution, In Press|Link.
Sex‐specific paternal age effects on offspring quality in Drosophila melanogaster
Aguilar, P., Dag, B., Carazo, P. & Sultanova, Z. 2023. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 36, 720-729|Link.
Environmental enrichment for reptiles in European zoos: Current status and perspectives
Bartolomé, A., Carazo, P. & Font, E. 2023. Animal Welfare, 32, e48|Link.
Male harm suppresses female fitness, affecting the dynamics of adaptation and evolutionary rescue
Gómez-Llano, M., Faria, G., García-Roa, R., Noble, D.W.A & Carazo, P. 2023. Evolution Letters, In Press|Link.
Metabolism as a screenwriter in the female-male coevolutionary play
Carazo, P. 2022. PNAS, 119, e2213208119|Link.