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Brain size affects performance in a reversal-learning test by Buechel, Séverine D., Boussard, Annika, Kotrschal, Alexander, van der Bijl, Wouter, Kolm, Niclas

“…It has become increasingly clear that a larger brain can confer cognitive benefits. Yet not all of the numerous aspects of cognition seem to be affected by…”
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Plastic changes in brain morphology in relation to learning and environmental enrichment in the guppy ( Poecilia reticulata ) by Fong, Stephanie, Buechel, Séverine D, Boussard, Annika, Kotrschal, Alexander, Kolm, Niclas

“…Despite the common assumption that the brain is malleable to surrounding conditions mainly during ontogeny, plastic neural changes can occur also in adulthood…”
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Comparative support for the expensive tissue hypothesis: Big brains are correlated with smaller gut and greater parental investment in Lake Tanganyika cichlids by Tsuboi, Masahito, Husby, Arild, Kotrschal, Alexander, Hayward, Alexander, Buechel, Séverine D., Zidar, Josefina, Løvlie, Hanne, Kolm, Niclas

“…The brain is one of the most energetically expensive organs in the vertebrate body. Consequently, the energetic requirements of encephalization are suggested…”
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Convergent recombination suppression suggests role of sexual selection in guppy sex chromosome formation by Wright, Alison E., Darolti, Iulia, Bloch, Natasha I., Oostra, Vicencio, Sandkam, Ben, Buechel, Severine D., Kolm, Niclas, Breden, Felix, Vicoso, Beatriz, Mank, Judith E.

“…Sex chromosomes evolve once recombination is halted between a homologous pair of chromosomes. The dominant model of sex chromosome evolution posits that…”
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Brain size affects female but not male survival under predation threat by Kotrschal, Alexander, Buechel, Séverine D, Zala, Sarah M, Corral‐Lopez, Alberto, Penn, Dustin J, Kolm, Niclas, Sorci, Gabriele

“…There is remarkable diversity in brain size among vertebrates, but surprisingly little is known about how ecological species interactions impact the evolution…”
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Brain size does not predict learning strategies in a serial reversal learning test by Boussard, Annika, Buechel, Séverine D, Amcoff, Mirjam, Kotrschal, Alexander, Kolm, Niclas

“…Reversal learning assays are commonly used across a wide range of taxa to investigate associative learning and behavioural flexibility. In serial reversal…”
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expression and impact of antifungal grooming in ants by REBER, A, PURCELL, J, BUECHEL, S.D, BURI, P, CHAPUISAT, M

“…Parasites can cause extensive damage to animal societies in which many related individuals frequently interact. In response, social animals have evolved…”
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The link between relative brain size and cognitive ageing in female guppies (Poecilia reticulata) artificially selected for variation in brain size by Boussard, Annika, Amcoff, Mirjam, Buechel, Severine D., Kotrschal, Alexander, Kolm, Niclas

“…Cognitive ageing is the general process when certain mental skills gradually deteriorate with age. Across species, there is a pattern of a slower brain…”
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Artificial selection for schooling behaviour and its effects on associative learning abilities by Vega-Trejo, Regina, Boussard, Annika, Wallander, Lotta, Estival, Elisa, Buechel, Séverine D, Kotrschal, Alexander, Kolm, Niclas

“…The evolution of collective behaviour has been proposed to have important effects on individual cognitive abilities. Yet, in what way they are related remains…”
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Variation in sexual brain size dimorphism over the breeding cycle in the three-spined stickleback by Buechel, Séverine D, Noreikiene, Kristina, DeFaveri, Jacquelin, Toli, Elisavet, Kolm, Niclas, Merilä, Juha

“…Snapshot analyses have demonstrated dramatic intraspecific variation in the degree of brain sexual size dimorphism (SSD). Although brain SSD is believed to be…”
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Artificial selection on male genitalia length alters female brain size by Buechel, Séverine D., Booksmythe, Isobel, Kotrschal, Alexander, Jennions, Michael D., Kolm, Niclas

“…Male harassment is a classic example of how sexual conflict over mating leads to sex-specific behavioural adaptations. Females often suffer significant costs…”
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Social chromosome variants differentially affect queen determination and the survival of workers in the fire ant Solenopsis invicta by Buechel, Séverine D, Wurm, Yanick, Keller, Laurent

“…Intraspecific variation in social organization is common, yet the underlying causes are rarely known. An exception is the fire ant Solenopsis invicta in which…”
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Different mating contexts lead to extensive rewiring of female brain coexpression networks in the guppy by Bloch, Natasha I., Corral‐López, Alberto, Buechel, Séverine D., Kotrschal, Alexander, Kolm, Niclas, Mank, Judith E.

“…Understanding the basis of behavior requires dissecting the complex waves of gene expression that underlie how the brain processes stimuli and produces an…”
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Rapid mosaic brain evolution under artificial selection for relative telencephalon size in the guppy ( Poecilia reticulata ) by Fong, Stephanie, Rogell, Björn, Amcoff, Mirjam, Kotrschal, Alexander, van der Bijl, Wouter, Buechel, Séverine D, Kolm, Niclas

“…The mosaic brain evolution hypothesis, stating that brain regions can evolve relatively independently during cognitive evolution, is an important idea to…”
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On the power to detect rare recombination events by Wright, Alison E., Darolti, Iulia, Bloch, Natasha I., Oostra, Vicencio, Sandkam, Benjamin A., Buechel, Séverine D., Kolm, Niclas, Breden, Felix, Vicoso, Beatriz, Mank, Judith E.

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Evolutionary associations between host traits and parasite load: insights from Lake Tanganyika cichlids by Hayward, A., Tsuboi, M., Owusu, C., Kotrschal, A., Buechel, S. D., Zidar, J., Cornwallis, C. K., Løvlie, H., Kolm, N.

“…Parasite diversity and abundance (parasite load) vary greatly among host species. However, the influence of host traits on variation in parasitism remains…”
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Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording by Rottmayer, R.E., Batra, S., Buechel, D., Challener, W.A., Hohlfeld, J., Kubota, Y., Lei Li, Bin Lu, Mihalcea, C., Mountfield, K., Pelhos, K., Chubing Peng, Rausch, T., Seigler, M.A., Weller, D., XiaoMin Yang

“…Due to the limits of conventional perpendicular magnetic recording, it appears that alternative technologies are needed at areal densities >500 Gb/in 2 …”
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Prevention of psychosocial distress consequences in somatic hospital inpatients via a stepped and collaborative care model: protocol of SomPsyNet, a stepped wedge cluster randomised trial by Meinlschmidt, Gunther, Frick, Alexander, Baenteli, Iris, Karpf, Christina, Studer, Anja, Bachmann, Marco, Dörner, Andreas, Tschudin, Sibil, Trost, Sarah, Wyss, Kaspar, Fink, Günther, Schwenkglenks, Matthias, Caviezel, Seraina, Rocco, Tabea, Schaefert, Rainer, Aebi, NJ, Bachmann, M, Caviezel, S, Baenteli, I, Bahmané, S, Bales, G, Bally, K, Bassetti, S, Baumgartner, R, Beck, J, Bosman, S, Buechel, D, Dietsche, S, Dörner, A, Eberle, C, Ebner, L, Erb, J, Ettlin, P, Fink, G, Flückiger, L, Frick, A, Fuchs, S, Grossmann, F, Hermann, A, Hotopf, M, Huber, C, Isler-Christ, L, Karpf, C, Katapodi, MC, Keller, RC, Klimmeck, S, Lang, UE, Liechti, Y, Mazander, S, Meinlschmidt, G, Minzer, A, Ochs, V, Schaefert, R, Schiess, F, Schirmer, F, Schur, N, Schwenkglenks, M, Schwob, P, Seelmann, SF, Steffen, T, Stiefel, F, Studer, A, Tegethoff, M, Trost, S, Tschudin, S, Urech, C, von Allmen, T, Weber, M, Werner, S, Wetz, A, Weyermann, D, Wyss, K, Yarkova, V, Zäh, C, Zarifoglu, L

“…IntroductionApproximately 30% of somatic hospital inpatients experience psychosocial distress, contributing to increased (re-)hospitalisation rates, treatment…”
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Early neurogenomic response associated with variation in guppy female mate preference by Bloch, Natasha I., Corral-López, Alberto, Buechel, Séverine D., Kotrschal, Alexander, Kolm, Niclas, Mank, Judith E.

“…Understanding the evolution of mate choice requires dissecting the mechanisms of female preference, particularly how these differ among social contexts and…”
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Dietary restriction affects lifespan but not cognitive aging in Drosophila melanogaster by Burger, Joep M.S., Buechel, Séverine D., Kawecki, Tadeusz J.

“…Summary Dietary restriction extends lifespan in a wide variety of animals, including Drosophila, but its relationship to functional and cognitive aging is…”
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