Search Results - "Weissing, Franz J."

An explanatory framework for adaptive personality differences by Wolf, Max, Weissing, Franz J.

“…We develop a conceptual framework for the understanding of animal personalities in terms of adaptive evolution. We focus on two basic questions. First, why do…”
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Evolutionary tipping points in the capacity to adapt to environmental change by Botero, Carlos A., Weissing, Franz J., Wright, Jonathan, Rubenstein, Dustin R.

“…In an era of rapid climate change, there is a pressing need to understand how organisms will cope with faster and less predictable variation in environmental…”
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Transient polymorphisms in parental care strategies drive divergence of sex roles by Long, Xiaoyan, Weissing, Franz J.

“…The parental roles of males and females differ considerably between and within species. By means of individual-based evolutionary simulations, we strive to…”
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A neural network model for the evolution of learning in changing environments by Kozielska, Magdalena, Weissing, Franz J

“…Learning from past experience is an important adaptation and theoretical models may help to understand its evolution. Many of the existing models study simple…”
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Bet-hedging during bacterial diauxic shift by Solopova, Ana, van Gestel, Jordi, Weissing, Franz J., Bachmann, Herwig, Teusink, Bas, Kok, Jan, Kuipers, Oscar P.

“…When bacteria grow in a medium with two sugars, they first use the preferred sugar and only then start metabolizing the second one. After the first exponential…”
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Evolutionary emergence of responsive and unresponsive personalities by Wolf, Max, van Doorn, G. Sander, Weissing, Franz J

“…In many animal species, individuals differ consistently in suites of correlated behaviors, comparable with human personalities. Increasing evidence suggests…”
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A Guide to Sexual Selection Theory by Kuijper, Bram, Pen, Ido, Weissing, Franz J

“…Mathematical models have played an important role in the development of sexual selection theory. These models come in different flavors and they differ in…”
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Quorum sensing integrates environmental cues, cell density and cell history to control bacterial competence by Moreno-Gámez, Stefany, Sorg, Robin A., Domenech, Arnau, Kjos, Morten, Weissing, Franz J., van Doorn, G. Sander, Veening, Jan-Willem

“…Streptococcus pneumoniae becomes competent for genetic transformation when exposed to an autoinducer peptide known as competence-stimulating peptide (CSP)…”
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Modelling the spatial dynamics of oncolytic virotherapy in the presence of virus-resistant tumour cells by Bhatt, Darshak Kartikey, Janzen, Thijs, Daemen, Toos, Weissing, Franz J

“…Oncolytic virotherapy is a promising form of cancer treatment that uses native or genetically engineered viruses to target, infect and kill cancer cells…”
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Density of founder cells affects spatial pattern formation and cooperation in Bacillus subtilis biofilms by van Gestel, Jordi, Weissing, Franz J, Kuipers, Oscar P, Kovács, Ákos T

“…In nature, most bacteria live in surface-attached sedentary communities known as biofilms. Biofilms are often studied with respect to bacterial interactions…”
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On the Origin of Species by Natural and Sexual Selection by van Doorn, G. Sander, Edelaar, Pim, Weissing, Franz J

“…Ecological speciation is considered an adaptive response to selection for local adaptation. However, besides suitable ecological conditions, the process…”
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Focus on the success of others leads to selfish behavior by van den Berg, Pieter, Molleman, Lucas, Weissing, Franz J.

“…It has often been argued that the spectacular cognitive capacities of humans are the result of selection for the ability to gather, process, and use…”
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Resource sharing is sufficient for the emergence of division of labour by Kreider, Jan J., Janzen, Thijs, Bernadou, Abel, Elsner, Daniel, Kramer, Boris H., Weissing, Franz J.

“…Division of labour occurs in a broad range of organisms. Yet, how division of labour can emerge in the absence of pre-existing interindividual differences is…”
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Lévy Walks Evolve Through Interaction Between Movement and Environmental Complexity by de Jager, Monique, Weissing, Franz J., Herman, Peter M. J., Nolet, Bart A., van de Koppel, Johan

“…Ecological theory predicts that animal movement is shaped by its efficiency of resource acquisition. Focusing solely on efficiency, however, ignores the fact…”
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The importance of mechanisms for the evolution of cooperation by van den Berg, Pieter, Weissing, Franz J.

“…Studies aimed at explaining the evolution of phenotypic traits have often solely focused on fitness considerations, ignoring underlying mechanisms. In recent…”
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Acculturation orientations affect the evolution of a multicultural society by Erten, E. Yagmur, van den Berg, Pieter, Weissing, Franz J.

“…The migration of people between different cultures has affected cultural change throughout history. To understand this process, cross-cultural psychologists…”
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An Evolutionary Perspective on Self-Organized Division of Labor in Social Insects by Duarte, Ana, Weissing, Franz J, Pen, Ido, Keller, Laurent

“…Division of labor is a complex phenomenon observed throughout nature. Theoretical studies have focused either on its emergence through self-organization…”
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Adaptive speciation theory: a conceptual review by Weissing, Franz J, Edelaar, Pim, van Doorn, G. Sander

“…Speciation--the origin of new species--is the source of the diversity of life. A theory of speciation is essential to link poorly understood macro-evolutionary…”
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Effects of sex and sex-related facial traits on trust and trustworthiness: An experimental study by Rostovtseva, Victoria V, Butovskaya, Marina L, Mezentseva, Anna A, Weissing, Franz J

“…The ability to trust others, including strangers, is a prerequisite for human cooperation. Economically it is not rational to trust strangers, as trust can be…”
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Unravelling the many facets of human cooperation in an experimental study by Rostovtseva, Victoria V., Puurtinen, Mikael, Méndez Salinas, Emiliano, Cox, Ralf F. A., Groothuis, Antonius G. G., Butovskaya, Marina L., Weissing, Franz J.

“…Humans readily cooperate, even with strangers and without prospects of reciprocation. Despite thousands of studies, this finding is not well understood. Most…”
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