PhD Studentship: Functional Genomics of Sexually Antagonistic Selection
University of East Anglia Norwich £21,805 pa
Investigate why sexually antagonistic genes persist, using Drosophila to identify consistent loci and validate their sex-specific fitness effects via CRISPR-Cas9 allele swaps. Combines bioinformatics, genome engineering and sequencing, with training across evolutionary genetics, statistics and functional genomics at Norwich Research Park.