Publications
Recent publications of some of the Principal Investigators in the group are listed below. You can also find these publications on the University of St Andrews research portal.
A high-quality reference genome and comparative genomics of the widely farmed banded cricket (Gryllodes sigillatus) identifies selective breeding targets A history of studies of reproductive isolation between Drosophila pseudoobscura and D. persimilis A model of optimal digestive strategy in infrequently-feeding snakes A reinvestigation of cognitive styles in sticklebacks: decision success varies with behavioral type Animal culture: conservation in a changing world Bayesian networks for network inference in biology Concerted conservation actions to support chimpanzee cultures Confirmed vocal activity of Mediterranean monk seals in the Inner Ionian Sea Archipelago, Greece Culture and conservation in baleen whales Establishing bio-logging data collections as dynamic archives of animal life on Earth Exploring the importance of stochasticity to hybrid equilibria in a discrete signaling game Facultative parthenogenesis Hamilton's rule predicts sibling cannibalism in a wild population of insects Humpback whale song complexity and evolution on a North-western Pacific breeding ground: Okinawa, Japan Integrating cultural dimensions in sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) conservation: threats, challenges and solutions Kin competition drives the evolution of earlier metamorphosis Kin-discriminating partner choice promotes the evolution of helping Mixed-species fish shoals: any port in a storm? Non-visual crypsis: an updated review of current understanding On the biological basis of beauty Patterns of antibiotic resistance in urinary tract infections before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda and Tanzania Patterns of paternity: insights into mating competition and gene flow in a recovering population of humpback whales Previous reproductive success informs nest-building decisions Sexual selection, genomic evolution and population fitness in Drosophila pseudoobscura Spatiotemporal variation in size-dependent growth rates in small isolated populations of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) The clonality window: relatedness and the group covariance effect in the evolution of division of labour The growing methodological toolkit for identifying and studying social learning and culture in non-human animals Tracking individual animals can reveal the mechanisms of species loss Whale song shows language-like statistical structure Whalesong patterns follow a universal law of human language, new research finds A broader cultural view is necessary to study the evolution of sexual orientation A geometric approach to the evolution of altruism A mathematical framework for evo-devo dynamics A note on the Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test and tied observations A pan-cetacean MHC amplicon sequencing panel developed and evaluated in combination with genome assemblies
Zhang, S., Duffield, K. R., Foquet, B., Ramirez, J. L., Sadd, B. M., Sakaluk, S. K., Hunt, J. & Bailey, N. W., 16 Mar 2025, In: Ecology and Evolution. 15, 3, 12 p., e71134.
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Leigh, S. & Ritchie, M. G., 1 Jan 2025, In: Fly. 19, 1, 22 p., 2439111.
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Wood, M. E. & Ruxton, G. D., 15 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Evolutionary Ecology. Online First, 20 p.
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Jones, N. A. R., Gaffney, K., Gardella, G., Rowe, A., Spence-Jones, H. C., Munson, A., Houslay, T. M. & Webster, M. M., 1 Jan 2025, In: Behavioral Ecology. 36, 1, 11 p., arae097.
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Brakes, P., Aplin, L., Carroll, E. L., Greggor, A. L., Whiten, A. & Garland, E. C., 1 May 2025, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 308, 1925, p. 1-15 15 p., 20240127.
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Hammond, J. & Smith, V. A., 7 May 2025, In: Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 22, 226, p. 1-10 10 p., 20240893.
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Wessling, E. G., Whiten, A., Soiret, S., Schofield, K., Samuni, L., Rutz, C., Redmond, I., Pintea, L., Lanjouw, A., Koops, K., Kamgang, S., Kalan, A., Ikemeh, R., Humle, T., Hobaiter, C., Frisch-Nwakanma, H., Freymann, E., Doumbe, O., Brakes, P. & Abwe, E. & 1 others, , 1 May 2025, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 380, 1925, 20240143.
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Amlin, A., Rendell, L. E., Pierantonio, N., Carmen Andrés-Hervías , C., Notarbartolo di Sciara, G., Hastie, G. D. & Gonzalvo, J., Apr 2025, In: Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 157, 4, p. 3204–3213 10 p.
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Garland, E. C., Corkeron, P., Noad, M. J., Abrahms, B., Allen, J. A., Constantine, R., Rendell, L., Sousa-Lima, R. S., Stafford, K. M. & Carroll, E. L., 1 May 2025, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 380, 1925, p. 1-11 11 p., 20240133.
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Davidson, S. C., Cagnacci, F., Newman, P., Dettki, H., Urbano, F., Desmet, P., Bajona, L., Bryant, E., Carneiro, A. P. B., Dias, M. P., Fujioka, E., Gambin, D., Hoenner, X., Hunter, C., Kato, A., Kot, C. Y., Kranstauber, B., Lam, C. H., Lepage, D. & Naik, H. & 6 others, , Feb 2025, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 9, 2, p. 204-213 10 p.
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Chisausky, J., Zollman, K. & Ruxton, G. D., Feb 2025, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 38, 2, p. 157-166
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Smith, E. B. W. & Shuker, D. M., 24 Mar 2025, In: Current Biology. 35, 6, p. R204-R206
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Abbs, M. M., Kennedy, J. R., Drago Rosa, A. & Shuker, D. M., 12 May 2025, In: Animal Behaviour. 224, 123196.
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Marwood, E. M., Eichenberger, F., Kobayashi, N., Okabe, H., Ozawa, S., Rendell, L. E. & Garland, E. C., Feb 2025, In: Royal Society Open Science. 12, 2, 15 p., 241388.
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Eguiguren, A., Avila, I., Mesnick, S., Cantor, M., Hersh, T., Pérez-Puig, H., Rosero, P., Rendell, L., Whitehead, H., Rojas, C. & Alava, J. J., 1 May 2025, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 380, 1925, p. 1-13 13 p., 20240142.
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Dong, B. & Gardner, A., Jan 2025, In: Ecology and Evolution. 15, 1, 6 p., e70806.
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Scott, T., Wild, G. & Gardner, A., 16 Feb 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Evolution. Advance Article, 11 p.
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Webster, M. M., Jones, N., Shah, A. & Ward, A., 19 Apr 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Fish and Fisheries. Early View, p. 1-13 13 p.
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Day-Dell’Olio, I., Neirink, S., McKenna, R. K. & Ruxton, G. D., 22 Mar 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Evolutionary Ecology. Online first
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Mendelson, T. C., Renoult, J. P., Rosenthal, G. G. & Shuker, D. M., 10 Apr 2025, In: Biological Reviews. Early View, 16 p.
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Silago, V., Keenan, K., Mushi, M. F., Kansiime, C., Asiimwe, B., Sunday, B., Bazira, J., Sandeman, A., Sabiiti, W., Seni, J., Holden, M. T. G., Mshana, S. E. & behalf of the HATUA and CARE Consortia, Apr 2025, In: JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance. 7, 2, p. 1-4 4 p., dlaf038.
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Eichenberger, F., Garrigue, C., Steele, D., Bonneville, C. D., Rendell, L. E. & Garland, E. C., 8 Jan 2025, In: Royal Society Open Science. 12, 1, 20 p., 241424.
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Alexander, E. J., Edwards, S. C., Chapman, E. G. & Healy, S. D., 1 Mar 2025, In: Behavioral Ecology. 36, 2, 10 p., araf009.
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Leigh, S., Thorpe, P. J., Snook, R. R. & Ritchie, M. G., Apr 2025, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 292, 2044, p. 1-12 12 p., 20242744.
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Mittell, E. A., Leblanc, C. A., Kristjánsson, B. K., Ferguson, M. M., Räsänen, K. & Morrissey, M. B., Jan 2025, In: Royal Society Open Science. 12, 1, p. 1-17 17 p., 241802.
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Twyman, K. Z. & Gardner, A., 7 May 2025, In: Evolution.
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Whiten, A. & Rutz, C., 1 May 2025, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 380, 1925, 20240140.
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Yanco, S. W., Rutz, C., Abrahms, B., Cooper, N. W., Marra, P. P., Mueller, T., Weeks, B. C., Wikelski, M. & Oliver, R. Y., Jan 2025, In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 40, 1, p. 47-56
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Arnon, I., Kirby, S., Allen, J. A., Garrigue, C., Carroll, E. L. & Garland, E. C., 7 Feb 2025, In: Science. 387, 6734, p. 649 - 653 5 p.
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Allen, J., Garland, E. C., Arnon, I. & Kirby, S., 6 Feb 2025, The Conversation.
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Savolainen, V., Bailey, N. W., Diamond, L., Swift-Gallant, A., Gavrilets, S., Raymond, M. & Verweij, K. J. H., 8 Jan 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nature Ecology and Evolution.
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Gardner, A., 7 Jan 2024, In: Journal of Theoretical Biology. 576, 4 p., 111653.
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Gonzalez Forero, M., Feb 2024, In: Theoretical Population Biology. 155, p. 24-50 27 p.
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Neuhäuser, M. & Ruxton, G. D., 21 Aug 2024, In: PLoS ONE. 19, 8, 6 p., e0309074.
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Heimeier, D., Garland, E. C., Eichenberger, F., Garrigue, C., Vella, A., Baker, C. S. & Carroll, E. L., 23 Mar 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Molecular Ecology Resources. Early View, 19 p.
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