Behavioral Ecology Blog

Published in 1974, this paper is arguably Bob Trivers 2nd most influential paper behind the paper describing reciprocal altruism… Because very few people read long blog posts, and the idea is to introduce these ideas to people that might not already be familiar, I’l go ahead and list the main points/finding, and then go into [...]

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I’m liveblogging a paper that should have been read a long time ago…. An Ecological and Evolutionary Perspective on human-microbe mutualisms and disease from the October 18 issue of Nature. 1st, the abstract:
The microbial communities of humans are characteristic and complex mixtures of microorganisms that have co-evolved with their human hosts. The species that make [...]

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Are you as pumped about Just Science 2008 as I am?? I hope so, cause I expect to see some really nice, well thought out posts on science i the next few days…
I’ll have to admit that my effors will be severely hampered by Jury Duty (I’m on a jury), but we’ll see what I [...]

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