The Jiggins Lab Webpage

Our lab studies the evolution of hosts and parasites using insects as a model system. Which genes cause variation in susceptibility to infection and why is this variation maintained in populations? What is the role of recombination and other forms of genetic exchange in the evolution parasites? How do natural selection and demographic processes affect the genetic diversity of parasite populations? Our research is addressing these questions using the tools of population, quantitative and molecular genetics.

Details of our work are given on the research page.

Contact us:

Department of Genetics
University of Cambridge
Downing Street
Cambridge
CB2 3EH

Tel (group office):	+44 (0)1223 333 945
Tel (lab):	+44 (0)1223 333 932
Tel (EGL office):	+44 (0)1223 741 838
Tel (EGL lab):	+44 (0)1223 741 855
Tel (F. Jiggins):	+44 (0)1223 333 175
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