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Stuart WestZoology, Oxford Verified email at zoo.ox.ac.uk Cited by 44461 |
Social semantics: altruism, cooperation, mutualism, strong reciprocity and group selection
From an evolutionary perspective, social behaviours are those which have fitness consequences
for both the individual that performs the behaviour, and another individual. Over the last …
for both the individual that performs the behaviour, and another individual. Over the last …
[HTML][HTML] Evolutionary explanations for cooperation
Natural selection favours genes that increase an organism's ability to survive and reproduce.
This would appear to lead to a world dominated by selfish behaviour. However, …
This would appear to lead to a world dominated by selfish behaviour. However, …
Social evolution theory for microorganisms
Microorganisms communicate and cooperate to perform a wide range of multicellular
behaviours, such as dispersal, nutrient acquisition, biofilm formation and quorum sensing. …
behaviours, such as dispersal, nutrient acquisition, biofilm formation and quorum sensing. …
[BOOK][B] An introduction to behavioural ecology
… in a south-west direction to winter in the western Mediterranean region. During the past 40
years a new migration habit has evolved, with some blackcaps migrating west to Britain; F1 …
years a new migration habit has evolved, with some blackcaps migrating west to Britain; F1 …
Reciprocal rewards stabilize cooperation in the mycorrhizal symbiosis
Plants and their arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal symbionts interact in complex underground
networks involving multiple partners. This increases the potential for exploitation and …
networks involving multiple partners. This increases the potential for exploitation and …
Cooperation and competition in pathogenic bacteria
Explaining altruistic cooperation is one of the greatest challenges for evolutionary biology 1
, 2 , 3 . One solution to this problem is if costly cooperative behaviours are directed towards …
, 2 , 3 . One solution to this problem is if costly cooperative behaviours are directed towards …
Host sanctions and the legume–rhizobium mutualism
Explaining mutualistic cooperation between species remains one of the greatest problems
for evolutionary biology 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 . Why do symbionts provide costly services to a host, …
for evolutionary biology 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 . Why do symbionts provide costly services to a host, …
Cooperation and conflict in quorum-sensing bacterial populations
It has been suggested that bacterial cells communicate by releasing and sensing small
diffusible signal molecules in a process commonly known as quorum sensing (QS) 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 . It …
diffusible signal molecules in a process commonly known as quorum sensing (QS) 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 . It …
Cooperation and competition between relatives
Individuals are predicted to behave more altruistically and less competitively toward their
relatives, because they share a relatively high proportion of their genes (eg, one-half for …
relatives, because they share a relatively high proportion of their genes (eg, one-half for …
Serial CSF corticotropin-releasing hormone levels and adrenocortical activity in combat veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder
DG Baker, SA West, WE Nicholson… - American Journal of …, 1999 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
OBJECTIVE: The authors sought to carefully test, by using a technique of continuous CSF
sampling, the hypothesis that basal elevations in CSF corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) …
sampling, the hypothesis that basal elevations in CSF corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) …