Search Results - "Griffin, A. S"

Social semantics: altruism, cooperation, mutualism, strong reciprocity and group selection by WEST, S.A, GRIFFIN, A.S, GARDNER, A

“…From an evolutionary perspective, social behaviours are those which have fitness consequences for both the individual that performs the behaviour, and another…”
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Social learning about predators: a review and prospectus by Griffin, A S

“…In comparison with social learning about food, social learning about predators has received little attention. Yet such research is of potential interest to…”
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Co‐evolutionary dynamics between public good producers and cheats in the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Kümmerli, R, Santorelli, L. A, Granato, E. T, Dumas, Z, Dobay, A, Griffin, A. S, West, S. A

“…The production of beneficial public goods is common in the microbial world, and so is cheating – the exploitation of public goods by nonproducing mutants…”
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Routes to indirect fitness in cooperatively breeding vertebrates: kin discrimination and limited dispersal by CORNWALLIS, C.K, WEST, S.A, GRIFFIN, A.S

“…Hamilton demonstrated that the evolution of cooperative behaviour is favoured by high relatedness, which can arise through kin discrimination or limited…”
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experimental test of whether cheating is context dependent by Ghoul, M, West, S. A, Diggle, S. P, Griffin, A. S

“…Microbial cells rely on cooperative behaviours that can breakdown as a result of exploitation by cheats. Recent work on cheating in microbes, however, has…”
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Social semantics: how useful has group selection been by WEST, S.A, GRIFFIN, A.S, GARDNER, A

“…In our social semantics review (J. Evol. Biol., 2007, 415-432), we discussed some of the misconceptions and sources of confusion associated with group…”
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Selfish Sentinels in Cooperative Mammals by Clutton-Brock, T. H., O'Riain, M. J., Brotherton, P. N. M., Gaynor, D., Kansky, R., Griffin, A. S., Manser, M.

“…Like humans engaged in risky activities, group members of some animal societies take turns acting as sentinels. Explanations of the evolution of sentinel…”
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A genetic analysis of breeding success in the cooperative meerkat (Suricata suricatta) by Griffin, Ashleigh S., Pemberton, Josephine M., Brotherton, Peter N. M., McIlrath, Grant, Gaynor, David, Kansky, Ruth, O'Riain, Justin, Clutton-Brock, Timothy H.

“…Measurement of reproductive skew in social groups is fundamental to understanding the evolution and maintenance of sociality, as it determines the immediate…”
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Contributions to cooperative rearing in meerkats by Clutton-Brock, T.H., Brotherton, P.N.M., O'Riain, M.J., Griffin, A.S., Gaynor, D., Kansky, R., Sharpe, L., McIlrath, G.M.

“…In vertebrate societies where young are reared communally, nonbreeding helpers are usually closely related to young but often vary widely in their…”
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Development and usage of eXtension's HorseQuest: An online resource by GREENE, E. A, GRIFFIN, A. S, WHITTLE, J, WILLIAMS, C. A, HOWARD, A. B, ANDERSON, K. P

“…eXtension (pronounced e-extension) is an online resource transforming how faculty can collaborate and deliver equine education. As the first Community of…”
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Bacteriocins and the assembly of natural Pseudomonas fluorescens populations by Bruce, J. B., West, S. A., Griffin, A. S.

“…When competing for space and resources, bacteria produce toxins known as bacteriocins to gain an advantage over competitors. Recent studies in the laboratory…”
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Individual contributions to babysitting in a cooperative mongoose, Suricata suricatta by Clutton-Brock, T.H., Brotherton, P.N.M., O'Riain, M.J., Griffin, A.S., Gaynor, D., Sharpe, L., Kansky, R., Manser, M.B., McIlrath, G.M.

“…helpers babysit pups at the natal burrow for the first month of pup life and frequent babysitters suffer substantial weight losses over the period of…”
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Phenotypic plasticity of a cooperative behaviour in bacteria by KÜMMERLI, R, JIRICNY, N, CLARKE, L.S, WEST, S.A, GRIFFIN, A.S

“…There is strong evidence that natural selection can favour phenotypic plasticity as a mechanism to maximize fitness in animals. Here, we aim to investigate…”
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Angiotensin II Causes Vascular Hypertrophy in Part by a Non-pressor Mechanism by Griffin, Sheila A, Brown, William C.B, MacPherson, Fiona, McGrath, John C, Wilson, Vincent G, Korsgaard, Niels, Mulvany, Michael J, Lever, Anthony F

“…Angiotensin II, when given in low doses, raises blood pressure slowly. When tested in vitro on vascular smooth muscle cells, it has mitogenic and trophic…”
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Cooperation and competition in pathogenic bacteria by Griffin, Ashleigh S, West, Stuart A, Buckling, Angus

“…Explaining altruistic cooperation is one of the greatest challenges for evolutionary biology. One solution to this problem is if costly cooperative behaviours…”
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Brief Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor Treatment in Young Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats Reduces Blood Pressure Long-term by Harrap, Stephen B, Van der Merwe, Walter M, Griffin, Sheila A, Macpherson, Fiona, Lever, Anthony F

“…Our study examines the long-term cardiovascular effects after a brief period of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor treatment in young spontaneously…”
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Pyoverdin cheats fail to invade bacterial populations in stationary phase by Ghoul, M., West, S. A., McCorkell, F. A., Lee, Z.‐B., Bruce, J. B., Griffin, A. S.

“…Microbes engage in cooperative behaviours by producing and secreting public goods, the benefits of which are shared among cells, and are therefore susceptible…”
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Retrospective evaluation of a new neonatal trigger score by Holme, Harriet, Bhatt, Reena, Koumettou, Marita, Griffin, Mark A S, Winckworth, Lucinda C

“…To design and validate an objective clinical scoring system to identify unwell neonates, by using routinely collected bedside observations. A Neonatal Trigger…”
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Fitness correlates with the extent of cheating in a bacterium by JIRICNY, N, DIGGLE, S.P, WEST, S.A, EVANS, B.A, BALLANTYNE, G, ROSS-GILLESPIE, A, GRIFFIN, A.S

“…There is growing awareness of the importance of cooperative behaviours in microbial communities. Empirical support for this insight comes from experiments…”
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Kin Discrimination and the Benefit of Helping in Cooperatively Breeding Vertebrates by Griffin, Ashleigh S., West, Stuart A.

“…In many cooperatively breeding vertebrates, a dominant breeding pair is assisted in offspring care by nonbreeding helpers. A leading explanation for this…”
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