Franz J. Weissing
YOU?
Author Swipe
View article: The evolution of negotiation strategies diversifies parental cooperation
The evolution of negotiation strategies diversifies parental cooperation Open
Parental cooperation is not self-evident, as conflicts often arise over individual contributions. Evolutionary game theory suggests this conflict may be resolved through negotiation, where parents adjust their care level based on their par…
View article: Sexual selection driven by direct benefits leads to the erosion of direct benefits
Sexual selection driven by direct benefits leads to the erosion of direct benefits Open
Most sexual selection models assume that the evolution of female choosiness is driven by indirect (genetic) benefits, such as the production of more viable offspring or more attractive sons. There is ample empirical evidence that female ch…
View article: Alphavirus replicons encoding IFN-γ enhance cancer virotherapy by overcoming macrophage-mediated suppression
Alphavirus replicons encoding IFN-γ enhance cancer virotherapy by overcoming macrophage-mediated suppression Open
View article: A path analysis disentangling determinants of natal dispersal in a cooperatively breeding bird
A path analysis disentangling determinants of natal dispersal in a cooperatively breeding bird Open
Delayed offspring dispersal, the prolonged residence in the natal territory after reaching independence and before dispersing to breed elsewhere, is an important aspect of the evolution of cooperative breeding. By applying a path analysis …
View article: The evolution of negotiation strategies diversifies parental cooperation
The evolution of negotiation strategies diversifies parental cooperation Open
Parental cooperation is not self-evident, as conflicts often arise over individual contributions. Evolutionary game theory suggests this conflict may be resolved through negotiation, where parents adjust their care level based on their par…
View article: A neural network model for the evolution of reconstructive social learning
A neural network model for the evolution of reconstructive social learning Open
View article: Alphavirus replicons encoding IFN-γ enhance cancer virotherapy by overcoming macrophage-mediated suppression
Alphavirus replicons encoding IFN-γ enhance cancer virotherapy by overcoming macrophage-mediated suppression Open
Summary Interference by tumor-associated macrophages may significantly reduce the efficacy of therapeutic viruses designed to infect cancer cells and activate antitumor T-cells. Using a computational model, we hypothesized that viruses enc…
View article: Personality predicts dispersal and settlement in a novel habitat – a mesocosm experiment
Personality predicts dispersal and settlement in a novel habitat – a mesocosm experiment Open
Studying the relationship between dispersal tendencies and personality, or ‘dispersal syndromes’, under ecologically relevant conditions is challenging, especially in fish. Laboratory studies lack environmental complexity and scale, while …
View article: Inheritance of Material Wealth in a Natural Population
Inheritance of Material Wealth in a Natural Population Open
Evolutionary adaptation occurs when individuals vary in access to fitness‐relevant resources and these differences in ‘material wealth’ are heritable. It is typically assumed that the inheritance of material wealth reflects heritable varia…
View article: Effects of virus-induced immunogenic cues on oncolytic virotherapy
Effects of virus-induced immunogenic cues on oncolytic virotherapy Open
View article: Emergence of alternative offspring care patterns from the evolution of parental negotiation strategies
Emergence of alternative offspring care patterns from the evolution of parental negotiation strategies Open
The evolution of parental cooperation is challenging to explain because caring for offspring is costly, and parents face an evolutionary conflict of interests over how much care each should contribute. Evolutionary game theory suggests tha…
View article: A Life History Perspective on the Evolutionary Interplay of Sex Ratios and Parental Sex Roles
A Life History Perspective on the Evolutionary Interplay of Sex Ratios and Parental Sex Roles Open
The parental roles of males and females differ remarkably across the tree of life, and several studies suggest that parental sex roles are associated with biased sex ratios. However, there is considerable debate on the causal relationship …
View article: Effects of personality and social context on movement tendencies in three-spined sticklebacks
Effects of personality and social context on movement tendencies in three-spined sticklebacks Open
Assessing social effects on individual behaviour is challenging because knowledge of an individual's social environment is often difficult to gain, especially for animals that form dynamic social groups. We here report on an experiment whe…
View article: A path analysis disentangling determinants of natal dispersal in a cooperatively breeding bird
A path analysis disentangling determinants of natal dispersal in a cooperatively breeding bird Open
Delayed offspring dispersal is an important aspect of the evolution of cooperative breeding. By applying a path-analysis approach to the long-term Seychelles warbler ( Acrocephalus sechellensis ) dataset, we studied whether and how delayed…
View article: Temperature dependence of the mutation rate towards antibiotic resistance
Temperature dependence of the mutation rate towards antibiotic resistance Open
Objectives Environmental conditions can influence mutation rates in bacteria. Fever is a common response to infection that alters the growth conditions of infecting bacteria. Here we examine how a temperature change, such as is associated …
View article: Emergence of phenotypic plasticity through epigenetic mechanisms
Emergence of phenotypic plasticity through epigenetic mechanisms Open
Plasticity is found in all domains of life and is particularly relevant when populations experience variable environmental conditions. Traditionally, evolutionary models of plasticity are non-mechanistic: they typically view reactions norm…
View article: A neural network model for the evolution of learning in changing environments
A neural network model for the evolution of learning in changing environments Open
Learning from past experience is an important adaptation and theoretical models may help to understand its evolution. Many of the existing models study simple phenotypes and do not consider the mechanisms underlying learning while the more…
View article: Unravelling the many facets of human cooperation in an experimental study
Unravelling the many facets of human cooperation in an experimental study Open
View article: Simulation code and simulated data for: Transient polymorphisms in parental care strategies drive divergence of sex roles
Simulation code and simulated data for: Transient polymorphisms in parental care strategies drive divergence of sex roles Open
This repository contains C++ code, simulated datasets, an R-script for data analysis and a Mathematica notebook for mathetical analysis. Datasets are organised into ZIP files named after the corresponding figure in the publication. All of …
View article: Transient polymorphisms in parental care strategies drive divergence of sex roles
Transient polymorphisms in parental care strategies drive divergence of sex roles Open
View article: Simulation code and simulated data for: Transient polymorphisms in parental care strategies drive divergence of sex roles
Simulation code and simulated data for: Transient polymorphisms in parental care strategies drive divergence of sex roles Open
This repository contains C++ code, simulated datasets, an R-script for data analysis and a Mathematica notebook for mathetical analysis. Datasets are organised into ZIP files named after the corresponding figure in the publication. All of …
View article: The sex-specific factor SOA controls dosage compensation in Anopheles mosquitoes
The sex-specific factor SOA controls dosage compensation in Anopheles mosquitoes Open
View article: A neural network model for the evolution of learning in changing environments
A neural network model for the evolution of learning in changing environments Open
The ability to learn from past experience is an important adaptation, but how natural selection shapes learning is not well understood. Here, we present a novel way of modelling learning using small neural networks and a simple, biology-in…
View article: Novel pathogen introduction triggers rapid evolution in animal social movement strategies
Novel pathogen introduction triggers rapid evolution in animal social movement strategies Open
Animal sociality emerges from individual decisions on how to balance the costs and benefits of being sociable. Novel pathogens introduced into wildlife populations should increase the costs of sociality, selecting against gregariousness. U…
View article: Neural network models for the evolution of associative learning
Neural network models for the evolution of associative learning Open
The ability to learn from past experience is an important adaptation, but how natural selection shapes learning is not well understood. Here, we investigate the evolution of associative learning (the association of stimuli with rewards) by…
View article: Simulation code and simulated data for: Transient polymorphisms in parental care strategies drive divergence of sex roles
Simulation code and simulated data for: Transient polymorphisms in parental care strategies drive divergence of sex roles Open
This repository contains C++ code, simulated datasets, an R-script for data analysis and a Mathematica notebook for mathetical analysis relating to the research: Transient polymorphisms in parental care strategies drive divergence …
View article: Simulation code and simulated data for: Transient polymorphisms in parental care strategies drive divergence of sex roles
Simulation code and simulated data for: Transient polymorphisms in parental care strategies drive divergence of sex roles Open
This repository contains C++ code, simulated datasets, an R-script for data analysis and a Mathematica notebook for mathetical analysis. Datasets are organised into ZIP files named after the corresponding figure in the publication. All of …
View article: The estimation of reproductive values from pedigrees
The estimation of reproductive values from pedigrees Open
Quantifying fitness is important to understand adaptive evolution. Reproductive values are useful for making fitness comparisons involving different categories of individuals, like males and females. By definition, the reproductive value o…
View article: Effects of season length and uniparental care efficacy on the evolution of parental care
Effects of season length and uniparental care efficacy on the evolution of parental care Open
Parental care patterns differ enormously among and even within species. This is exemplified by Chinese penduline tits Remiz consobrinus , where biparental care, female‐only care, male‐only care and biparental desertion all occur in the sam…
View article: Ideal free distribution of unequal competitors: spatial assortment and evolutionary diversification of competitive ability
Ideal free distribution of unequal competitors: spatial assortment and evolutionary diversification of competitive ability Open