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Prof Tracey Chapman

Tracey Chapman
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Professor of Evolutionary Genetics  Tracey dot Chapman at uea dot ac dot uk
Tel: 3210/1869   		Biology 01.50 
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Career

  • Professor of Evolutionary Genetics (2010 - present)
  • Reader, University of East Anglia (2006 - 2010)
  • Reader, University College London (2005-2006)
  • Royal Society University Research Fellow, University College London and University of East Anglia (1998-2007)
  • BBSRC Post-Doctoral Research Associate, University College London (1995-1998)
  • SERC Post-Doctoral Research Associate, University of Edinburgh (1992-1995)
  • Ph.D. University of Edinburgh (1992)
  • B.Sc. Applied Biology. University of Bath (1989)

ResearcherID 

http://www.researcherid.com/rid/E-5100-2011

Key Research Interests

I am an evolutionary biologist interested in understanding how reproductive traits evolve and how they function at a mechanistic level. A core interest is in evaluating the potential of sexual selection and sexual conflict for driving evolutionary change, and in understanding the underlying mechanisms involved. Sexual conflicts may also provide the fuel for driving positive selection in reproductive genes associated with increased cancer risk. Fruitflies provide an exceptionally good model, with relevance to pest control, for the study of sexual conflict and sexual selection; specifically, through the study of their ejaculate proteins, which evolve at exceptionally high rates and have striking, fitness-related functions.

Current Research Projects

  • The genetic basis of sexual conflict in fruitflies: determining the role of male seminal fluid proteins
  • Determining the mechanistic basis of socio-sexual responses to the level of sperm competition.
  • Identification, functions and fitness effects of male seminal fluid accessory gland proteins
  • Investigating the mechanisms underlying the links between reproduction and longevity
  • Evaluating the role of genetic conflicts in fuelling increased cancer risk
  • Understanding the mechanisms underlying reproductive success, to improve control of pest insects

Life in our research group 

Our research is done in a well-resourced laboratory setting and we use a combination of classical and molecular genetics, life history studies and, increasingly, genomics to study how male-female interactions drive evolutionary change. As well as engaging with the seminars in the School and beyond, we have our own weekly lab meetings and journal club debates to keep up to date with our research area. We work with fruitflies because of their astonishing genetic utility and ease of manipulation, but we do venture out of the lab occasionally.... We are off to the 2011 ESEB congress in Tubingen, Germany. We also have the odd retreat now and again to tackle specific questions, with the aim of producing a review (e.g. Lawniczak et al 2007).

PhD Positions

Please email me to discuss PhD opportunities and projects within the School of Biological Sciences.

Postdocs & Fellows
 

I am always happy to discuss possibilities for postdoctoral work and collaborations. Possible funding routes include fellowship appliactions, e.g. EU Marie Curie fellowships, with me acting as sponsor, or grant applications with you as a named postdoc.



Teaching Activities

  • Mathematics and Statistics (BIO-1A6Y)
  • Modeling and Statistics (BIO-1A7Y)
  • Evolutionary Biology (BIO-2B10)
  • Evolution in Health and Disease (BIO-3C57)
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Article

Bretman, A, Westmancoat, JD, Gage, MJG and Chapman, T (2012) Individual plastic responses by males to rivals reveal mismatches between behaviour and fitness outcomes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 279 (1739). pp. 2868-2876. ISSN 0962-8452

Brommer, JE, Fricke, C, Edward, DA and Chapman, T (2012) Interactions between genotype and sexual conflict environment influence transgenerational fitness in drosphila melanogaster. Evolution, 66 (2). pp. 517-531.

Michalczyk, L, Millard, AL, Martin, OY, Lumley, AJ, Emerson, BC, Chapman, T and Gage, MJG (2011) Inbreeding Promotes Female Promiscuity. Science, 333 (6050). pp. 1739-1742. ISSN 0036-8075

Bretman, A, Gage, MJG and Chapman, T (2011) Quick-change artists: male plastic behavioural responses to rivals. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 26 (9). pp. 467-473. ISSN 01695347

Bretman, A, Westmancoat, JD, Gage, MJG and Chapman, T (2011) Males Use Multiple, Redundant Cues to Detect Mating Rivals. Current Biology, 21 (7). pp. 617-622. ISSN 09609822

Edward, DA, Fricke, C, Gerrard, DT and Chapman, T (2011) Quantifying the life-history response to increased male exposure in female Drosophila Melanogaster. Evolution, 65 (2). pp. 564-573. ISSN 00143820

Wigby, S, Slack, C, Gronke, S, Martinez, Pedro, Calboli, FCF, Chapman, T and Partridge, L (2011) Insulin signalling regulates remating in female Drosophila. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 278 (1704). pp. 424-431. ISSN 0962-8452

Fricke, C, Martin, OY, Bretman, A, Bussière, LF and Chapman, T (2010) Sperm Competitive Ability and Indices of Lifetime Reproductive Success. Evolution, 64 (9). pp. 2746-2757. ISSN 00143820

Edward, DA, Fricke, C and Chapman, T (2010) Adaptations to sexual selection and sexual conflict: insights from experimental evolution and artificial selection. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 365 (1552). pp. 2541-2548. ISSN 0962-8436

Bretman, A, Fricke, C, Hetherington, P, Stone, R and Chapman, T (2010) Exposure to rivals and plastic responses to sperm competition in Drosophila melanogaster. Behavioral Ecology, 21 (2). pp. 317-321. ISSN 1045-2249

Fricke, C, Bretman, A and Chapman, T (2010) Female nutritional status determines the magnitude and sign of responses to a male ejaculate signal in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 23 (1). pp. 157-165.

Chapman, T (2009) Finding the Right Plugin: Mosquitoes Have the Answer. PLoS Biology, 7 (12). e1000273. ISSN 1545-7885

Chapman, T (2009) Sexual conflict and sex allocation. Biology Letters, 5 (5). pp. 660-662.

Fricke, C, Perry, J, Chapman, T and Rowe, L (2009) Conditional economics of sexual conflict. Biology Letters, 5 (5). pp. 671-674.

Hosken, DJ, Martin, OY, Wigby, S, Chapman, T and Hodgson, DJ (2009) Sexual conflict and reproductive isolation in flies. Biology Letters, 5 (5). pp. 697-699.

Wigby, S, Sirot, L, Linklater, JR, Buehner, N, Calboli, FCF, Bretman, A, Wolfner, MF and Chapman, T (2009) Seminal fluid protein allocation and male reproductive success. Current Biology, 19 (9). pp. 751-757.

Bretman, A, Fricke, C and Chapman, T (2009) Plastic responses of male D. melanogaster to the level of sperm competition increase male reproductive fitness. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 276. pp. 1705-1711.

Fricke, C, Wigby, S, Hobbs, R and Chapman, T (2009) The benefits of male ejaculate sex peptide transfer in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 22 (2). pp. 275-286.

Bretman, A, Lawniczak, MKN, Boone, JM and Chapman, T (2009) A mating plug protein reduces early female remating in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Insect Physiology, 56 (1). pp. 107-113.

Snook, RR, Chapman, T, Moore, PJ, Weddell, N and Crudgington, HS (2009) Interactions between the sexes: new perspectives on sexual selection and reproductive isolation. Evolutionary Ecology, 23 (1). pp. 71-91.

Fricke, C, Bretman, A and Chapman, T (2008) Adult male nutrition and reproductive success in Drosophila melanogaster. Evolution, 62 (12). pp. 3170-3177.

Rogers, DW, Denniff, M, Chapman, T, Fowler, K and Pomiankowski, A (2008) Male sexual ornament size is positively associated with reproductive morphology and enhanced fertility in the stalk-eyed fly Teleopsis dalmanni. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 8. p. 236.

Chapman, T (2008) The soup in my fly: evolution, form and function of seminal fluid proteins. PLoS Biology, 6 (7). p. 179.

Barnes, AI, Wigby, S, Boone, J, Partridge, L and Chapman, T (2008) Feeding, fecundity and lifespan in female Drosophila melanogaster. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 275 (1643). pp. 1675-1683.

Kraaijeveld, K, Denniff, M, Baker, RH and Chapman, T (2008) The evolution of sperm and non-sperm producing organs in male Drosophila. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 94 (3). pp. 505-512.

Chapman, T (2008) Evolutionary Biology: Sterile Saviours. Current Biology, 18 (6). pp. 261-263.

Mueller, JL, Linklater, JR, Chapman, T and Wolfner, MF (2008) Targeted gene deletion and phenotypic analysis of the Drosophila melanogaster seminal fluid protease inhibitor Acp62F. Genetics, 178 (3). pp. 1605-1614.

Reuter, M, Linklater, JR, Lehmann, L, Fowler, K, Chapman, T and Hurst, GDD (2008) Adaptation to experimental alterations of the operational sex ratio in populations of Drosophila melanogaster. Evolution, 62 (2). pp. 401-412.

Wigby, S, Domanitskaya, EV, Choffat, Y, Kubli, E and Chapman, T (2008) The effect of mating on immunity can be masked by experimental injection in female Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Insect Physiology, 54 (2). pp. 414-420.

Linklater, JR, Wertheim, B, Wigby, S and Chapman, T (2007) Ejaculate Depletion Patterns Evolve in Response to Experimental Manipulation of Sex Ratio in Drosophila Melanogaster. Evolution, 61 (8). pp. 2027-2034. ISSN 00143820

Barnes, AI, Boone, JM, Partridge, L and Chapman, T (2007) A functioning ovary is not required for sex peptide to reduce receptivity to mating in D. melanogaster. Journal of Insect Physiology, 53 (4). pp. 343-348.

Lawniczak, MKN, Barnes, AI, Linklater, JR, Boone, JM, Wigby, S and Chapman, T (2007) Mating and immunity in invertebrates. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 22 (1). pp. 48-55.

Rogers, DW, Grant, CA, Chapman, T, Pomiankowski, A and Fowler, K (2006) The influence of male and female eyespan on fertility in the stalk-eyed fly Cyrtodiopsis dalmanni. Animal Behaviour, 72 (6). pp. 1363-1369.

Davies, SJ and Chapman, T (2006) Identification of genes expressed in the accesory glands of male Mediterranean Fruit Flies (Ceratitis capitata). Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 36 (11). pp. 846-856.

Chapman, T (2006) Evolutionary conflicts of interest between males and females. Current Biology, 16 (17). pp. 744-754.

Wigby, S and Chapman, T (2006) No evidence that experimental manipulation of sexual conflict drives pre-mating reproductive isolation in Drosophila melanogaster. Jounral of Evolutionary Biology, 19 (4). pp. 1033-1039.

Corley, LS, Cotton, S, McConnell, E, Chapman, T, Fowler, K and Pomiankowski, A (2006) Highly variable sperm precedence in the stalk-eyed fly Teleopsis dalmanni. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 6. p. 53.

Barnes, AI, Boone, JM, Jacobson, J, Partridge, L and Chapman, T (2006) No extension of lifespan by ablation of germ-line in Drosophila. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 273 (1589). pp. 939-947.

Tregenza, T, Wedell, N and Chapman, T (2006) Introduction, sexual conflict: a new paradigm? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Biological Sciences, 361 (1466). pp. 229-234.

Davies, SJ, Kattel, R, Bhatia, B, Grandison, R, Petherwick, A and Chapman, T (2005) The effect of diet and sex on longevity in Mediterranean fruit flies (Ceratitis capitata), Diptera: Tephritidae. Experimental Gerontology, 40 (10). pp. 784-792.

Pomiankowski, A, Denniff, M, Fowler, K and Chapman, T (2005) The costs and benefits of high mating rates in male stalk-eyed flies, Cyrtodiopsis dalmanni. Journal of Insect Physiology, 51 (10). pp. 1165-1171.

Grant, CA, Chapman, T, Pomiankowski, A and Fowler, K (2005) No detectable genetic correlation between male and female mating frequency in the stalk eyed fly Cyrtodiopsis dalmanni. Heredity, 95. pp. 444-448.

Chapman, T, Pomiankowski, A and Fowler, K (2005) Quick Guide, Stalk-eyed flies. Current Biology, 15 (14). pp. 533-535.

Rogers, DW, Chapman, T, Fowler, K and Pomiankowski, A (2005) Mating-induced reduction in accessory reproductive organ size in the stalk eyed-fly Cyrtodiopsis dalmanni. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 5. p. 37.

Rogers, DW, Baker, RH, Chapman, T, Denniff, M, Pomiankowski, A and Fowler, K (2005) Direct and correlated responses to artificial selection on male mating frequency in the stalk-eyed fly Cyrtodiopsis dalmanni. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 18 (3). pp. 642-650.

Kraaijeveld, K, Katsoyannos, BI, Stavrinides, M, Kouloussis, NA and Chapman, T (2005) Remating in wild females of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata. Animal Behaviour, 69 (4). pp. 771-776.

Wigby, S and Chapman, T (2005) Sex peptide causes mating costs in female Drosophila melanogaster. Current Biology, 15 (4). pp. 316-321. ISSN 0960-9822

Chapman, T and Davies, SJ (2004) Functions and analysis of the seminal fluid proteins of male Drosophila melanogaster fruit flies. Peptides, 25 (9). pp. 1477-1490.

Mair, W, Sgro, CM, Johnson, AP, Chapman, T and Partridge, L (2004) Lifespan extension by dietary restriction in female Drosophila melanogaster is not caused by a reduction in vitellogenesis or ovarian activity. Experimental Gerontology, 39 (7). pp. 1011-1019.

Kraaijveld, K and Chapman, T (2004) Effects of male sterility on female remating in the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Letters, 271 (4). pp. 209-211.

Wigby, S and Chapman, T (2004) Sperm competition (Primer). Current Biology, 14 (3). pp. 100-103.

Reguera, P, Pomiankowski, A, Fowler, K and Chapman, T (2004) Low cost of reproduction in female stalk eyed flies, Cyrtodiopsis dalmanni. Journal of Insect Physiology, 50 (1). pp. 103-108.

Magwere, T, Chapman, T and Partridge, L (2004) Sex differences in the effect of dietary restriction on lifespan and mortality rates in female and male Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Gerontology: Biological Sciences, 59A. pp. 3-9.

Wigby, S and Chapman, T (2004) Female resistance to male harm evolves in response to manipulation of sexual conflict. Evolution, 58 (5). pp. 1028-1037. ISSN 0014-3820

Chapman, T, Arnqvist, G, Bangham, J and Rowe, L (2003) Response to Eberhard and Cordero, and Córdoba-Aguilar and Contreras-Garduño: sexual conflict and female choice. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 18 (9). pp. 440-441. ISSN 01695347

Chapman, T, Bangham, J, Vinti, G, Seifried, B, Lung, O, Wolfner, MF, Smith, HK and Partridge, L (2003) The sex peptide of Drosophila melanogaster: female post-mating responses analysed by using RNA interference. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 100 (17). pp. 9923-9928. ISSN 0027-8424

Bangham, J, Chapman, T, Smith, HK and Partridge, L (2003) Influence of female reproductive anatomy on the outcome of sperm competition in Drosophila melanogaster. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 270 (1514). pp. 523-530.

Chapman, T, Arnqvist, G, Bangham, J and Rowe, L (2003) Sexual conflict. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 18 (1). pp. 41-47.

Baker, RH, Denniff, M, Futerman, P, Fowler, K, Pomiankowski, A and Chapman, T (2003) Accessory gland size predicts time to seuxal maturity and mating frequency in the stalk-eyed fly, Cyrtodiopsis dalmanni. Behavioural Ecology, 14 (5). pp. 607-611.

Bangham, J, Chapman, T and Partridge, L (2002) Effects of body size, accessory gland and testis size on pre- and postcopulatory success in Drosophila melanogaster. Animal Behaviour, 64 (6). pp. 915-921.

Bonizzoni, M, Katsoyannos, BI, Marguerie, R, Guglielmino, CR, Gasperi, G, Malacrida, A and Chapman, T (2002) Microsatellite analysis reveals remating by wild Mediterranean fruit fly females, Ceratitis capitata. Molecular Ecology, 11 (10). pp. 1915-1921.

Grant, CA, Fowler, K and Chapman, T (2002) No reduction of female sexual receptivity following mating in a stalk-eyed fly, Cyrtodiopsis dalmanni (Diptera: Diopsidae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 15 (2). pp. 210-215.

Gaskin, T, Futerman, P and Chapman, T (2002) Male-male interactions reduce male longevity in the medfly, Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae). Animal Behaviour, 63 (1). pp. 121-129.

Chapman, T (2001) Seminal fluid-mediated fitness traits in Drosophila. Heredity, 87 (5). pp. 511-521.

Chapman, T, Herndon, LA, Heifetz, Y, Partridge, L and Wolfner, MF (2001) The Acp26Aa seminal fluid protein is a modulator of early egg-hatchability in Drosophila melanogaster. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 268 (1477). pp. 1647-1654. ISSN 0962-8452

Baker, RH, Ashwell, RIS, Richards, TA, Fowler, K, Chapman, T and Pomiankowski, A (2001) Effects of multiple mating and male eye span on female reproductive output in the stalk-eyed fly, Cyrtodiopsis dalmanni. Behavioural Ecology, 12 (6). pp. 732-739.

Book Section

Edward, DA and Chapman, T (2011) Mechanisms underlying costs of reproduction. In: Molecular mechanisms underlying life history evolution. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 137-152. ISBN 978-0-19-956877-2

Fricke, C, Bretman, A and Chapman, T (2010) Sexual conflict. In: Evolutionary Behavioral Ecology. Oxford University Press, pp. 400-415. ISBN 978-0-19-533192-9

Monograph

Chapman, T (2009) WONDERFUL AND JUST PLAIN WEIRD: THE GLORIOUS BIOLOGY OF SPERM. Review. UNSPECIFIED, Evolution.

Chapman, T (2006) Sex and power. Review. Princeton University Press, Princeton.

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External Activities and Indicators of Esteem

  • Editorial Board of Biology Letters (2005-2010).
  • Associate Editor, Evolution (2008-2011).
  • Invited speaker at ‘Genes and Behaviour’ Gordon Research Conference, Feb 2008, Italy.
  • Invited speaker at Royal Society / Genetics Society ‘Darwin’ Discussion Meeting, Nov 2009.
  • Guest editor, Biology Letters special issue on ‘Sex ratio and sex allocation’, 2009.

Administrative Posts/Responsibilities

  • Deputy Director of the Science Graduate School
  • Module Organiser for Evolution in Health and Disease (BIO-3C57)
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