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View article: The gut microbiota of two rodents varies over fine spatial scales yet is minimally influenced by the environmental microbiota
The gut microbiota of two rodents varies over fine spatial scales yet is minimally influenced by the environmental microbiota Open
The gut microbiota of animals varies considerably between individuals within the same population. Given the importance of gut microbiota composition for animal biology and ultimately fitness (e.g., via effects on physiology, immunity and e…
View article: Superspreaders have lower gut microbial alpha-diversity and distinct gut microbial composition in a natural rodent population
Superspreaders have lower gut microbial alpha-diversity and distinct gut microbial composition in a natural rodent population Open
View article: Superspreaders have lower gut microbial alpha-diversity and distinct gut microbial composition in a natural rodent population
Superspreaders have lower gut microbial alpha-diversity and distinct gut microbial composition in a natural rodent population Open
The microbiome is well-known to drive variation in host states (e.g., behaviour, or immunity) that would be expected to modulate the spread of infectious disease - but the role of microbiotal interactions in promoting superspreading by ind…
View article: Probing the functional significance of wild animal microbiomes using omics data
Probing the functional significance of wild animal microbiomes using omics data Open
Host‐associated microbiomes are thought to play a key role in host physiology and fitness, but this conclusion mainly derives from systems biased towards animal models and humans. While many studies on non‐model and wild animals have chara…
View article: Epigenetic age estimation of wild mice using faecal samples
Epigenetic age estimation of wild mice using faecal samples Open
Age is a key parameter in population ecology, with a myriad of biological processes changing with age as organisms develop in early life then later senesce. As age is often hard to accurately measure with non‐lethal methods, epigenetic met…
View article: Probing the functional significance of wild animal microbiomes using omics data
Probing the functional significance of wild animal microbiomes using omics data Open
Host-associated microbiomes are thought to play a key role in host physiology and fitness, but this conclusion mainly derives from studies of a handful of animal models and humans. To test the generality of this conclusion, studies in non-…
View article: Elevated epigenetic age in wild compared to lab-raised house mice
Elevated epigenetic age in wild compared to lab-raised house mice Open
Age is a key parameter in population ecology, with myriad biological processes changing with age as organisms develop early in life and later senesce. As age is often hard to accurately measure with non-lethal methods, epigenetic methods o…
View article: Maternal transmission gives way to social transmission during gut microbiota assembly in wild mice
Maternal transmission gives way to social transmission during gut microbiota assembly in wild mice Open
Background The mammalian gut microbiota influences a wide array of phenotypes which are relevant to fitness, yet knowledge about the transmission routes by which gut microbes colonise hosts in natural populations remains limited. Here, we …
View article: Positive feedback loops exacerbate the influence of superspreaders in disease transmission
Positive feedback loops exacerbate the influence of superspreaders in disease transmission Open
View article: Early‐life immune expression profiles predict later‐life health and fitness in a wild rodent
Early‐life immune expression profiles predict later‐life health and fitness in a wild rodent Open
Individuals differ in the nature of the immune responses they produce, affecting disease susceptibility and ultimately health and fitness. These differences have been hypothesized to have an origin in events experienced early in life that …
View article: Discrete patterns of microbiome variability across timescales in a wild rodent population
Discrete patterns of microbiome variability across timescales in a wild rodent population Open
View article: Effects of an IgE receptor polymorphism acting on immunity, susceptibility to infection, and reproduction in a wild rodent
Effects of an IgE receptor polymorphism acting on immunity, susceptibility to infection, and reproduction in a wild rodent Open
The genotype of an individual is an important predictor of their immune function, and subsequently, their ability to control or avoid infection and ultimately contribute offspring to the next generation. However, the same genotype, subject…
View article: Living with chronic infection: Persistent immunomodulation during avirulent haemoparasitic infection in a wild rodent
Living with chronic infection: Persistent immunomodulation during avirulent haemoparasitic infection in a wild rodent Open
Apicomplexans are a protozoan phylum of obligate parasites which may be highly virulent during acute infections, but may also persist as chronic infections which appear to have little fitness cost. Babesia microti is an apicomplexan haemop…
View article: Author response: Effects of an IgE receptor polymorphism acting on immunity, susceptibility to infection, and reproduction in a wild rodent
Author response: Effects of an IgE receptor polymorphism acting on immunity, susceptibility to infection, and reproduction in a wild rodent Open
View article: A new method for characterising shared space use networks using animal trapping data
A new method for characterising shared space use networks using animal trapping data Open
View article: Maternal transmission gives way to social transmission during gut microbiota assembly in wild mice
Maternal transmission gives way to social transmission during gut microbiota assembly in wild mice Open
The mammalian gut microbiota influences a wide array of phenotypes and is considered a key determinant of fitness, yet knowledge about the transmission routes by which gut microbes colonise hosts in natural populations remains limited. Her…
View article: Positive feedback loops exacerbate the influence of superspreaders in disease transmission
Positive feedback loops exacerbate the influence of superspreaders in disease transmission Open
Superspreaders are recognised as being important drivers of disease spread, most recently having played a major role in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. However, models to date have assumed random occurrence of superspreaders, irrespective o…
View article: Early-life immune expression profiles predict later life health and fitness in a wild rodent
Early-life immune expression profiles predict later life health and fitness in a wild rodent Open
Individuals differ in the nature of the immune responses they produce, affecting disease susceptibility and ultimately health and fitness. These differences have been hypothesised to have an origin in events experienced early in life that …
View article: Breaking barriers? Ethnicity and socioeconomic background impact on early career progression in the fields of ecology and evolution
Breaking barriers? Ethnicity and socioeconomic background impact on early career progression in the fields of ecology and evolution Open
The academic disciplines of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) have long suffered from a lack of diversity. While in recent years there has been some progress in addressing the underrepresentation of women in STEM subj…
View article: Transcriptome-wide analysis reveals different categories of response to a standardised immune challenge in a wild rodent
Transcriptome-wide analysis reveals different categories of response to a standardised immune challenge in a wild rodent Open
Individuals vary in their immune response and, as a result, some are more susceptible to infectious disease than others. Little is known about the nature of this individual variation in natural populations, or which components of immune pa…
View article: Effects of an IgE receptor polymorphism acting on immunity, susceptibility to infection and reproduction in a wild rodent
Effects of an IgE receptor polymorphism acting on immunity, susceptibility to infection and reproduction in a wild rodent Open
The genotype of an individual is an important predictor of their immune function, and subsequently, their ability to control or avoid infection and ultimately contribute offspring to the next generation. However, the same genotype, subject…
View article: Characterising shared space use networks using animal trapping data
Characterising shared space use networks using animal trapping data Open
Studying the social behaviour of small or cryptic species often relies on constructing networks from sparse point-based observations of individuals (e.g. live trapping data). Such an approach assumes that individuals that have been asynchr…
View article: Decomposing variation in immune response in a wild rodent population
Decomposing variation in immune response in a wild rodent population Open
Individuals vary in their immune response and, as a result, some are more susceptible to infectious disease than others. Little is known about which components of immune pathways are responsible for this variation, but understanding these …
View article: Breaking barriers: The effect of protected characteristics and their intersectionality on career transition in academics
Breaking barriers: The effect of protected characteristics and their intersectionality on career transition in academics Open
Lay summary In the past decade the scientific community has been trying to tackle the historical underrepresentation of women in science and the fact that gender can constitute a barrier to career success. However, other characteristics, s…
View article: Physiological, but not fitness, effects of two interacting haemoparasitic infections in a wild rodent
Physiological, but not fitness, effects of two interacting haemoparasitic infections in a wild rodent Open
View article: A candidate tolerance gene identified in a natural population of field voles (<i>Microtus agrestis</i>)
A candidate tolerance gene identified in a natural population of field voles (<i>Microtus agrestis</i>) Open
The animal immune response has hitherto been viewed primarily in the context of resistance only. However, individuals can also employ a tolerance strategy to maintain good health in the face of ongoing infection. To shed light on the genet…
View article: Investigating the effects of age‐related spatial structuring on the transmission of a tick‐borne virus in a colonially breeding host
Investigating the effects of age‐related spatial structuring on the transmission of a tick‐borne virus in a colonially breeding host Open
Higher pathogen and parasite transmission is considered a universal cost of colonial breeding due to the physical proximity of colony members. However, this has rarely been tested in natural colonies, which are structured entities, whose m…
View article: From the animal house to the field: Are there consistent individual differences in immunological profile in wild populations of field voles (Microtus agrestis)?
From the animal house to the field: Are there consistent individual differences in immunological profile in wild populations of field voles (Microtus agrestis)? Open
Inbred mouse strains, living in simple laboratory environments far removed from nature, have been shown to vary consistently in their immune response. However, wildlife populations are typically outbreeding and face a multiplicity of chall…
View article: Interactions between avian colonial social structure and disease dynamics
Interactions between avian colonial social structure and disease dynamics Open
All wildlife populations harbour parasites. However, seabirds are likely to play a particularly important role in the maintenance and dispersal of infectious agents as a result of their colonial breeding habits. Seabird colonies are also k…