Dr Craig Walling
Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology
- Institute of Evolutionary Biology
- School of Biological Sciences
Contact details
- Tel: 0131 6508632
- Email: craig.walling@ed.ac.uk
- Web: Lab website
Address
- Street
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Rm 1.19 Ashworth Laboratories
King's Buildings - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH9 3FL
Background
2018 Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh
2013 Chancellor's fellow, University of Edinburgh
2008 Post-doctoral research assistant, University of Edinburgh
2006 Post-doctoral research assistant, Univesity of Exeter
Qualifications
2006 PhD Evolutionary Biology, University of Glasgow
2002 MSc Ecology, University of Wales, Bangor
2001 BSc (Hons) Zoology, University of Wales, Bangor
Research summary
I am generally interested in the evolution of life history traits, such as lifespan and reproduction, and the evolution of ageing. My lab uses labarotory experiments and long-term field data, and often uses quantitative genetic approaches to address questions in these fields.
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A polygenic basis for birth weight in a wild population of red deer ( Cervus elaphus )
(20 pages)
In:
G3: Genes | Genomes | Genetics, vol. 136
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkad018
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Maternal effects do not resolve the paradox of stasis in birth weight in a wild mammal
(13 pages)
In:
Evolution: International Journal of Organic Evolution, vol. 76, pp. 2605-2617
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14622
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Larval diet affects adult reproduction, but not survival, independent of the effect of injury and infection in Drosophila melanogaster
(9 pages)
In:
Journal of Insect Physiology, vol. 142
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinsphys.2022.104428
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Vector control: Agents of selection on malaria parasites?
(14 pages)
In:
Trends in Parasitology, vol. 38, pp. 890-903
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2022.07.006
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Review article (Published) -
The role of maternally-transferred antibodies in maternal performance in red deer
(12 pages)
In:
Ecology Letters
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13834
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Letter (E-pub ahead of print) -
Testing evolutionary explanations for the lifespan benefit of dietary restriction in fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster)
In:
Evolution: International Journal of Organic Evolution
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14146
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Lifespan extension via dietary restriction: Time to reconsider the evolutionary mechanisms?
In:
BioEssays
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/bies.201900241
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
The genetic architecture of maternal effects across ontogeny in the red deer
(14 pages)
In:
Evolution: International Journal of Organic Evolution, vol. 74, pp. 1378-1391
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14000
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
The ‘algebra of evolution’: The Robertson–Price identity and viability selection for body mass in a wild bird population
(10 pages)
In:
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 375
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0359
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
The ‘algebra of evolution’: the Robertson–Price identity and viability selection for body mass in a wild bird population
In:
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 375
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0359
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Dietary restriction and insulin‐like signalling pathways as adaptive plasticity: A synthesis and re‐evaluation
In:
Functional Ecology, vol. 34
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13418
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Older males attract more females but get fewer matings in a wild field cricket
(14 pages)
In:
Animal Behaviour, vol. 153, pp. 1-14
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2019.04.011
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Reconciling nutritional geometry with classical dietary restriction: Effects of nutrient intake, not calories, on survival and reproduction
(13 pages)
In:
Aging Cell, vol. 18
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/acel.12868
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Estimating selection on the act of inbreeding in a population with strong inbreeding depression
(13 pages)
In:
Journal of Evolutionary Biology, vol. 31, pp. 1815-1827
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13376
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Inbreeding, inbreeding depression and infidelity in a cooperatively-breeding bird
(15 pages)
In:
Evolution: International Journal of Organic Evolution
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.13496
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Global phenological insensitivity to shifting ocean temperatures among seabirds
(8 pages)
In:
Nature Climate Change, vol. 8, pp. 313-318
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-018-0115-z
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Letter (Published) -
The relationship between telomere length and mortality risk in non-model vertebrate systems: A meta-analysis
(10 pages)
In:
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 373
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2016.0447
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Phenotypic and genetic integration of personality and growth under competition in the sheepshead swordtail, Xiphophorus birchmanni
In:
Evolution: International Journal of Organic Evolution, vol. 72, pp. 187-201
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.13398
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Body macronutrient composition is predicted by lipid and not protein content of the diet
(10 pages)
In:
Ecology and Evolution, vol. 7, pp. 10056–10065
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3529
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Measuring selection for genes that promote long life in a historical human population
(9 pages)
In:
Nature Ecology & Evolution, vol. 1, pp. 1773-1781
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0329-x
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)