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July · 2018
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January · 2018
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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
False dichotomies and human sexual size dimorphism: A comment of Dunsworth
Font, E. & Carazo, P. 2021. Evolution and Human Behavior, 42, 176-178|Link.
Motherly love curbs harm: maternal effects can modulate sexual conflict
García-Roa, R., Faria, G.S., Noble, D. & Carazo, P. 2021. EcoEvoRxiv, Preprint|Link.
No evidence for differential sociosexual behavior and space use in the color morphs of the European common wall lizard (Podarcis muralis)
Abalos, J. et al. 2020. Ecology & Evolution, 10, 10986-11005|Link.
Genetic sex determination and sex-specific lifespan in tetrapods– evidence of a toxic Y effect
Sultanova, Z., Downing, P. A. & Carazo, P. 2020. bioRxiv, Online|Link.
Kin discrimination and demography modulate patterns of sexual conflict
Faria, G., Gardner, A. & Carazo, P. 2020. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 4, 1141-1148|Link.
Condition-dependent mortality exacerbates male (but not female) reproductive senescence and the potential for sexual conflict
Sultanova, Z., García-Roa, R. & Carazo, P. 2020. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 33, 1086-1096|Link.