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In the media

The Wigby lab likes science communication.

​We are involved in various ways to bring our work to the wider public, including via the print media and micro-blogging, but also through artistic media such as music, dance, video and contemporary art. Here’s a selection of our work, and be sure to check us out on 
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Videos

Podcasts

Oxford Sparks Podcast 2017: What can a power ballad teach us about the sex life of a fruit fly?

Papers in the news:
Morimoto et al 2019 Nature Comms
  • Phys.Org: Fruit fly promiscuity alters the evolutionary forces on males
Le Page et al. 2017 Proceedings B.
  • Eureka Alert: Family break-ups lead to domestic violence in fruit fly relationships
Bath et al. 2017 Nature Ecol. Evol.
  • Daily Mail: Female fruit flies become violent after sex
  • The Sun: Female fruit flies are driven mad by their lover’s sperm and ‘HEADBUTT’…
Carazo et al. 2016 Biol Lett.
  • Science Daily: XX protection against age-related mutations
  • Wildlife SNPits: Inbreeding Shortens Female Life-Span
Carazo et al. 2014 Nature
  • New York Times: Fruit fly brothers tend to cooperate
  • Planet Earth (NERC): Flies with brothers make gentler lovers
  • Medical Daily: Male flies don’t compete with brothers for female attention…
Tan et al. 2013 Proceedings B.
  • New York Times: Female fruit flies like one mate, or his brother
  • Royal Society News: The ‘in-law effect’ – male fruit flies sleep around but females keep it in the family
  • The Mermaids Tale (blog): The sexy scent of a mate…..in flies!
Moore et al. 2013. BMC Evol. Biol.
  • Independent: Help yourself by helping others: Nice guys and girls are sexier, study shows
  • Daily Mail: Nice guys (and girls) don’t always finish last: Acts of charity could help spice up your sex life
  • Men’s Health: The weekend activity that attracts women
Gioti et al. 2012. Proc Roy Soc B.
  • Daily Mail: The effect sex has on women: Single sperm molecule ‘affects female fertility, behaviour, eating and sleeping’
  • Evening Standard: Scientists discover single sperm can have big impact on a woman (they don’t say!)
  • Belfast Telegraph: Sex plays havoc with women’s genes
  • Medical News Today: Sex Can Cause Genetic Changes In Women
  • Science Daily: Responses of Genes in Females to Sex Revealed in Fruit Fly Study
  • Royal Society: Semen takes control of females’ genes
Sirot, Wolfner & Wigby, 2011. PNAS
  • Empirical Zeal, 2011: Flies alter their ejaculate to get the best bang for the buck
Wigby et al. 2011, Proc Roy Soc B.
  • Wellcome Trust: Female fruitfly fecundity
Wigby et al. 2009. Curr. Biol.
  • Daily Telegraph: Flies engage in ‘chemical warfare’ to control mate’s sex drive
  • Futurity: Pumping up (the proteins) to get the girl
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