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Begging and bleating: the evolution of parent–offspring signalling by Godfray, H. C. J., Johnstone, R. A.

“…The evolution of biological signalling in the face of evolutionary conflicts of interest is an active area of evolutionary ecology, and one to which Maynard…”
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The Consequence of Tree Pests and Diseases for Ecosystem Services by Boyd, I. L., Freer-Smith, P. H., Gilligan, C. A., Godfray, H. C. J.

“…Trees and forests provide a wide variety of ecosystem services in addition to timber, food, and other provisioning services. New approaches to pest and disease…”
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Sustainable Intensification in Agriculture: Premises and Policies by Garnett, T., Appleby, M. C., Balmford, A., Bateman, I. J., Benton, T. G., Bloomer, P., Burlingame, B., Dawkins, M., Dolan, L., Fraser, D., Herrero, M., Hoffmann, I., Smith, P., Thornton, P. K., Toulmin, C., Vermeulen, S. J., Godfrey, H. C. J.

“…Clearer understanding is needed of the premises underlying SI and how it relates to food-system priorities. Food security is high on the global policy agenda…”
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Horizontally Transmitted Symbionts and Host Colonization of Ecological Niches by Henry, Lee M., Peccoud, Jean, Simon, Jean-Christophe, Hadfield, Jarrod D., Maiden, Martin J.C., Ferrari, Julia, Godfray, H. Charles J.

“…Facultative or “secondary” symbionts are common in eukaryotes, particularly insects. While not essential for host survival, they often provide significant…”
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Aphid Protected from Pathogen by Endosymbiont by Scarborough, Claire L, Ferrari, Julia, Godfray, H. C. J

“…Aphids are associated with several facultative bacterial endosymbionts that may influence their interactions with other organisms. We show here that one of the…”
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Protection against a fungal pathogen conferred by the aphid facultative endosymbionts Rickettsia and Spiroplasma is expressed in multiple host genotypes and species and is not influenced by co‐infection with another symbiont by Łukasik, P., Guo, H., Asch, M., Ferrari, J., Godfray, H. C. J.

“…Many insects harbour facultative endosymbiotic bacteria, often more than one type at a time. These symbionts can have major effects on their hosts' biology,…”
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Effects of bacterial secondary symbionts on host plant use in pea aphids by McLean, A. H. C., van Asch, M., Ferrari, J., Godfray, H. C. J.

“…Aphids possess several facultative bacterial symbionts that have important effects on their hosts' biology. These have been most closely studied in the pea…”
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Sex increases the efficacy of natural selection in experimental yeast populations by Goddard, M.R, Charles, H, Godfray, J, Burt, A

“…Why sex evolved and persists is a problem for evolutionary biology, because sex disrupts favourable gene combinations and requires an expenditure of time and…”
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Phylogenetic Analysis of Trophic Associations by Ives, A. R., Godfray, H. C. J.

“…Ecologists frequently collect data on the patterns of association between adjacent trophic levels in the form of binary or quantitative food webs. Here, we…”
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APPARENT COMPETITION, QUANTITATIVE FOOD WEBS, AND THE STRUCTURE OF PHYTOPHAGOUS INSECT COMMUNITIES by Van Veen, F, Morris, R.J, Godfray, H.C.J

“…Phytophagous insects and their natural enemies make up one of the largest and most diverse groups of organisms on earth. Ecological processes, in particular…”
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Experimental evidence for apparent competition in a tropical forest food web by Morris, Rebecca J, Lewis, Owen T, Godfray, H. Charles J

“…The herbivorous insects of tropical forests constitute some of the most diverse communities of living organisms. For this reason it has been difficult to…”
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Food web structure of three guilds of natural enemies: predators, parasitoids and pathogens of aphids by Van Veen, F. J. F., Müller, C. B., Pell, J. K., Godfray, H. C. J.

“…1. Most communities of insect herbivores are unlikely to be structured by resource competition, but they may be structured by apparent competition mediated by…”
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EXPERIMENTAL EVOLUTION SHOWS DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER RESISTANCE TO A MICROSPORIDIAN PATHOGEN HAS FITNESS COSTS by Vijendravarma, Roshan K., Kraaijeveld, Alex R., Godfray, H. C. J.

“…Most organisms experience strong selection to develop mechanisms to resist or tolerate their pathogens or parasites. Limits to adaptation are set by correlated…”
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Impact of Genetic Manipulation on the Fitness of Anopheles stephensi Mosquitoes by Catteruccia, Flaminia, H. Charles J. Godfray, Crisanti, Andrea

“…Genetic modification of mosquitoes offers exciting possibilities for controlling malaria, but success will depend on how transformation affects the fitness of…”
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POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION AND GENETIC VARIATION IN HOST CHOICE AMONG PEA APHIDS FROM EIGHT HOST PLANT GENERA by Ferrari, Julia, Godfray, H. Charles J, Faulconbridge, Adam S, Prior, Kim, Via, Sara

“…Habitat choice plays a critical role in the processes of host range evolution, specialization, and ecological speciation. Pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum,…”
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Trade-off between parasitoid resistance and larval competitive ability in Drosophila melanogaster by Godfray, H. C. J, Kraaijeveld, A. R

“…The extent to which an organism is selected to invest in defences against pathogens and parasites depends on the advantages that ensue should infection occur,…”
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An age-structured model to evaluate the potential of novel malaria-control interventions: a case study of fungal biopesticide sprays by Hancock, P.A, Thomas, M.B, Godfray, H.C.J

“…It has recently been proposed that mosquito vectors of human diseases, particularly malaria, may be controlled by spraying with fungal biopesticides that…”
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Linking the bacterial community in pea aphids with host-plant use and natural enemy resistance by Ferrari, Julia, Darby, Alistair C., Daniell, Tim J., Godfray, H. Charles J., Douglas, Angela E.

“…1. Pea aphids, Acyrthosiphon pisum , harbour a range of facultative accessory bacteria (secondary symbionts), including those informally known as PASS…”
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Wolbachia variability and host effects on crossing type in Culex mosquitoes by Sinkins, S.P, Walker, T, Lynd, A.R, Steven, A.R, Makepeace, B.L, Godfray, H.C.J, Parkhill, J

“…Wolbachia is a common maternally inherited bacterial symbiont able to induce crossing sterilities known as cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) in insects…”
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Fossil‐calibrated molecular phylogenies reveal that leaf‐mining moths radiated millions of years after their host plants by LOPEZ‐VAAMONDE, C., WIKSTRÖM, N., LABANDEIRA, C., GODFRAY, H. C. J., GOODMAN, S. J., COOK, J. M.

“…Coevolution has been hypothesized as the main driving force for the remarkable diversity of insect–plant associations. Dating of insect and plant phylogenies…”
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