The Miller Lab

Located at the Entomology & Nematology Department, University of Florida

2021 News from our Laboratory:

June 2021: We previous found that males that autotomized (dropped) a hind limb weapon during development have enhanced fertilization success. What, you ask, is the mechanism for the boost in fertility? We partnered with the laboratory of Trish Moore at UGA and discovered that males with autotomy have greater spermatogenesis -- they make more sperm.
May 2021: We got the cover of the Journal of Evolutionary Biology with our newest paper on weapons-testes trade-offs
April 2021: Males invest in their #testes and #weapons, and these traits can trade off. In this new paper we discovered that the social context matters. Males grow large testes when they are raised in large groups, and the trade-off with weapons becomes invisible.
April 2021: New paper led by Lauren Cirino. We test what happens to male reproduction when their weapons are damaged.
February 2021: New paper on plasticity and evolution in mouthparts in response to a feeding barrier led by Pablo Allen
February 2021: Dr. Christine Miller travels virtually to the University of Illinois to deliver the Entomology Colloquium and meet with faculty and students.
January 2021: Six members of the lab delivered oral and poster presentations at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology annual meeting.
January 2021: Dr. Ginny Greenway has moved to London, U.K. for collaborative work with Dr. David Labonte at Imperial College on insect biomechanics.