Wiberg lab
Stockholm University

R. Axel W. Wiberg

Principal Investigator

Research interests:

I am evolutionary biologist with a broad interest in understanding the genetic basis of adaptations.

I have a particular interest in sexual selection and conflict and I apply the tools methods of modern genomics to try to understand how these forces drive evolutionary change.

Currently my research focuses on:

  • Sexually antagonistic coevolution at the molecular level using the sex-peptide network in melanogaster as a model system. This work also includes behavioural experiments with isofemale lines from several european populations.
  • The interaction between ecology and sexual conflict in melanogaster.
  • Signals of local adaptation to ecology at SFP (Seminal Fluid Protein) loci in melanogaster.

I also collaborate on several other projects on adaptation genomics in various systems.

Research organisms:

D. melanogaster, dance flies (Diptera:Empididae)

Expertise:

Evolutionary genetics and genomics, population genomics, bioinformatics, mating behavioural experiments