Pablo G. Porto PhD. Student                          

Contact

Departamento de Ecoloxía e Bioloxía Animal, Universidade de Vigo, Campus As Lagoas-Marcosende, E-36310, Vigo, España.

e-mail pablogporto@uvigol.es

phone 0034 986 81 20 37

 

Research Interests

My research interests are focused on sexual selection in earthworms: sperm competition, cryptic female choice and sexual conflict.

Sexual selection has been historically focused on animals with separated sexes (gonochorists). However earthworms are simultaneous hermaphrodites. With both sexes in a single body, earthworms offer a new exciting scenario to study sexual selection

I am also interested in earthworm taxonomy.