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Rethinking Mutualism Stability: Cheaters and the Evolution of Sanctions by Frederickson, Megan E.

“…How cooperation originates and persists in diverse species, from bacteria to multicellular organisms to human societies, is a major question in evolutionary…”
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The Pandemic Penalty: The Gendered Effects of COVID-19 on Scientific Productivity by King, Molly M., Frederickson, Megan E.

“…Academia serves as a valuable case for studying the effects of social forces on workplace productivity, using a concrete measure of output: scholarly papers…”
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Cheating and punishment in cooperative animal societies by Riehl, Christina, Frederickson, Megan E.

“…Cheaters—genotypes that gain a selective advantage by taking the benefits of the social contributions of others while avoiding the costs of cooperating—are…”
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Using niche breadth theory to explain generalization in mutualisms by Batstone, Rebecca T., Carscadden, Kelly A., Afkhami, Michelle E., Frederickson, Megan E.

“…For a mutualism to remain evolutionarily stable, theory predicts that mutualists should limit their associations to high-quality partners. However, most…”
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Stability and phylogenetic correlation in gut microbiota: lessons from ants and apes by Sanders, Jon G, Powell, Scott, Kronauer, Daniel J. C, Vasconcelos, Heraldo L, Frederickson, Megan E, Pierce, Naomi E

“…Correlation between gut microbiota and host phylogeny could reflect codiversification over shared evolutionary history or a selective environment that is more…”
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Current issues in the evolutionary ecology of ant–plant symbioses by Mayer, Veronika E, Frederickson, Megan E, McKey, Doyle, Blatrix, Rumsaïs

“…749 I. 749 II. 750 III. 754 IV. 758 V. 759 760 References 761 SUMMARY: Ant–plant symbioses involve plants that provide hollow structures specialized for…”
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Cheaters must prosper: reconciling theoretical and empirical perspectives on cheating in mutualism by Jones, Emily I, Afkhami, Michelle E, Akçay, Erol, Bronstein, Judith L, Bshary, Redouan, Frederickson, Megan E, Heath, Katy D, Hoeksema, Jason D, Ness, Joshua H, Pankey, M. Sabrina, Porter, Stephanie S, Sachs, Joel L, Scharnagl, Klara, Friesen, Maren L, Dam, Nicole

“…Cheating is a focal concept in the study of mutualism, with the majority of researchers considering cheating to be both prevalent and highly damaging. However,…”
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The evolution of symbiont preference traits in the model legume Medicago truncatula by Batstone, Rebecca T., Dutton, Emily M., Wang, Donglin, Yang, Molly, Frederickson, Megan E.

“…Many hosts preferentially associate with or reward better symbionts, but how these symbiont preference traits evolve is an open question. Legumes often form…”
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Accelerated high-throughput imaging and phenotyping system for small organisms by Kose, Talha, Lins, Tiago F, Wang, Jessie, O'Brien, Anna M, Sinton, David, Frederickson, Megan E

“…Studying the complex web of interactions in biological communities requires large multifactorial experiments with sufficient statistical power. Automation…”
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Microbial Ecology and Evolution Are Essential for Understanding Pandemics by Frederickson, Megan E, Reese, Aspen T

“…Ecology and evolution, especially of microbes, have never been more relevant than in our global fight against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19…”
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Community interactions among microbes give rise to host-microbiome mutualisms in an aquatic plant by Laurich, Jason R, Lash, Emma, O'Brien, Anna M, Pogoutse, Oxana, Frederickson, Megan E

“…Microbiomes often benefit plants, conferring resistance to pathogens, improving stress tolerance, or promoting plant growth. As potential plant mutualists,…”
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Nonsymbiotic legumes are more invasive, but only if polyploid by Parshuram, Zoe A., Harrison, Tia L., Simonsen, Anna K., Stinchcombe, John R., Frederickson, Megan E.

“…Summary Both mutualism and polyploidy are thought to influence invasion success in plants, but few studies have tested their joint effects. Mutualism can limit…”
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Economic game theory for mutualism and cooperation by Archetti, Marco, Scheuring, István, Hoffman, Moshe, Frederickson, Megan E., Pierce, Naomi E., Yu, Douglas W.

“…Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 1300–1312 We review recent work at the interface of economic game theory and evolutionary biology that provides new insights into…”
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Signals can trump rewards in attracting seed-dispersing ants by Turner, Kyle M, Frederickson, Megan E

“…Both rewards and signals are important in mutualisms. In myrmecochory, or seed dispersal by ants, the benefits to plants are relatively well studied, but less…”
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Genetic architecture of heritable leaf microbes by Boyle, Julia A, Frederickson, Megan E, Stinchcombe, John R

“…Host-associated microbiomes are shaped by both their environment and host genetics, and often impact host performance. The scale of host genetic variation…”
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Using text-mined trait data to test for cooperate-and-radiate co-evolution between ants and plants by Kaur, Katrina M, Malé, Pierre-Jean G, Spence, Erik, Gomez, Crisanto, Frederickson, Megan E

“…Mutualisms may be "key innovations" that spur lineage diversification by augmenting niche breadth, geographic range, or population size, thereby increasing…”
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Conflict over Reproduction in an Ant-Plant Symbiosis: Why Allomerus octoarticulatus Ants Sterilize Cordia nodosa Trees by Frederickson, Megan E.

“…The evolutionary stability of mutualism is thought to depend on how well the fitness interests of partners are aligned. Because most ant-myrmecophyte…”
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Economic contract theory tests models of mutualism by Weyl, E. Glen, Frederickson, Megan E., Yu, Douglas W., Pierce, Naomi E.

“…Although mutualisms are common in all ecological communities and have played key roles in the diversification of life, our current understanding of the…”
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Mutualisms Are Not on the Verge of Breakdown by Frederickson, Megan E.

“…Mutualisms teeter on a knife-edge between conflict and cooperation, or so the conventional wisdom goes. The costs and benefits of mutualism often depend on the…”
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Extrafloral nectar increases seed removal by ants in Turnera ulmifolia by Dutton, Emily M, Joel S. Shore, Megan E. Frederickson

“…To investigate whether extrafloral nectar (EFN) increases seed dispersal in Turnera ulmifolia, we measured seed removal on plants with and without EFN. Plants…”
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