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View article: Developmental Behavioural Plasticity and <scp>DNA</scp> Methylation Patterns in Response to Predation Stress in Trinidadian Guppies
Developmental Behavioural Plasticity and <span>DNA</span> Methylation Patterns in Response to Predation Stress in Trinidadian Guppies Open
Early‐life experiences can predict the environments experienced later in life, giving individuals an opportunity to develop adaptive behaviour appropriate to a likely future environment. Epigenetic mechanisms such as DNA methylation (DNAm)…
View article: Rapid Neural DNA Methylation Responses to Predation Stress in Trinidadian Guppies
Rapid Neural DNA Methylation Responses to Predation Stress in Trinidadian Guppies Open
DNA methylation (DNAm) is a well‐studied epigenetic mechanism implicated in environmentally induced phenotypes and phenotypic plasticity. However, few studies investigate the timescale of DNAm shifts. Thus, it is uncertain whether DNAm can…
View article: Brain Charts for the Rhesus Macaque Lifespan
Brain Charts for the Rhesus Macaque Lifespan Open
Recent efforts to chart human brain growth across the lifespan using large-scale MRI data have provided reference standards for human brain development. However, similar models for nonhuman primate (NHP) growth are lacking. The rhesus maca…
View article: Brain Charts for the Rhesus Macaque Lifespan
Brain Charts for the Rhesus Macaque Lifespan Open
Recent efforts to chart human brain growth across the lifespan using large-scale MRI data have provided reference standards for human brain development. However, similar models for nonhuman primate (NHP) growth are lacking. The rhesus maca…
View article: What Is Innovation? A Review of Definitions, Approaches, and Key Questions in Human and Non-human Innovation
What Is Innovation? A Review of Definitions, Approaches, and Key Questions in Human and Non-human Innovation Open
Innovation, new or modified learned behaviour, is core to cultural evolution and fundamental to the success of humans. Innovations allow us to adapt to and change habitats, solve novel problems, and survive and flourish in diverse environm…
View article: Insights into adaptive behavioural plasticity from the guppy model system
Insights into adaptive behavioural plasticity from the guppy model system Open
Behavioural plasticity allows organisms to respond to environmental challenges on short time scales. But what are the ecological and evolutionary processes that underlie behavioural plasticity? The answer to this question is complex and re…
View article: Alarm cues and alarmed conspecifics: neural activity during social learning from different cues in Trinidadian guppies
Alarm cues and alarmed conspecifics: neural activity during social learning from different cues in Trinidadian guppies Open
Learning to respond appropriately to novel dangers is often essential to survival and success, but carries risks. Learning about novel threats from others (social learning) can reduce these risks. Many species, including the Trinidadian gu…
View article: Submission signals in animal groups
Submission signals in animal groups Open
Aggression is costly, and animals have evolved tactics to mitigate these costs. Submission signals are an underappreciated example of such adaptations. Here we review submissive behaviour, with an emphasis on non-primates. We highlight the…
View article: Predictors of taxonomic splitting and its role in primate conservation
Predictors of taxonomic splitting and its role in primate conservation Open
Species are the main unit used to measure biodiversity, but different preferred diagnostic criteria can lead to very different delineations. For instance, named primate species have more than doubled in number since 1982. Such increases ha…
View article: R code, data, and analysis documentation for Colour biases in learned foraging preferences in Trinidadian guppies
R code, data, and analysis documentation for Colour biases in learned foraging preferences in Trinidadian guppies Open
Summary---------------This is the repository containing the R code and data to produce the analyses and figures in the manuscript ‘Colour biases in learned foraging preferences in Trinidadian guppies’. R version 3.6.2 was used for this pro…
View article: The role of behavioural flexibility in primate diversification
The role of behavioural flexibility in primate diversification Open
Identifying the factors that influence species diversification is fundamental to our understanding of the evolutionary processes underlying extant biodiversity. Behavioural innovation, coupled with the social transmission of new behaviours…
View article: Technical and conceptual considerations for using animated stimuli in studies of animal behavior
Technical and conceptual considerations for using animated stimuli in studies of animal behavior Open
Rapid technical advances in the field of computer animation (CA) and virtual reality (VR) have opened new avenues in animal behavior research. Animated stimuli are powerful tools as they offer standardization, repeatability, and complete c…
View article: Population differences in how wild Trinidadian guppies use social information and socially learn
Population differences in how wild Trinidadian guppies use social information and socially learn Open
Animals have access to information produced by the behaviour of other individuals, which they may use (“social information use”) and learn from (“social learning”). The benefits of using such information differ with socio-ecological condit…
View article: Supplementary Material for: Primate Brain Anatomy New Volumetric MRI Measurements for Neuroanatomical Studies
Supplementary Material for: Primate Brain Anatomy New Volumetric MRI Measurements for Neuroanatomical Studies Open
Since the publication of the primate brain volumetric dataset of Stephan and colleagues in the early 1980s, no major new comparative datasets covering multiple brain regions and a large number of primate species have become available. Howe…
View article: Supplementary Material for: Primate Brain Anatomy New Volumetric MRI Measurements for Neuroanatomical Studies
Supplementary Material for: Primate Brain Anatomy New Volumetric MRI Measurements for Neuroanatomical Studies Open
Since the publication of the primate brain volumetric dataset of Stephan and colleagues in the early 1980s, no major new comparative datasets covering multiple brain regions and a large number of primate species have become available. Howe…
View article: Supplementary Material for: Primate Brain Anatomy New Volumetric MRI Measurements for Neuroanatomical Studies
Supplementary Material for: Primate Brain Anatomy New Volumetric MRI Measurements for Neuroanatomical Studies Open
Since the publication of the primate brain volumetric dataset of Stephan and colleagues in the early 1980s, no major new comparative datasets covering multiple brain regions and a large number of primate species have become available. Howe…
View article: Supplementary Material for: Primate Brain Anatomy New Volumetric MRI Measurements for Neuroanatomical Studies
Supplementary Material for: Primate Brain Anatomy New Volumetric MRI Measurements for Neuroanatomical Studies Open
Since the publication of the primate brain volumetric dataset of Stephan and colleagues in the early 1980s, no major new comparative datasets covering multiple brain regions and a large number of primate species have become available. Howe…
View article: Supplementary Material for: Primate Brain Anatomy New Volumetric MRI Measurements for Neuroanatomical Studies
Supplementary Material for: Primate Brain Anatomy New Volumetric MRI Measurements for Neuroanatomical Studies Open
Since the publication of the primate brain volumetric dataset of Stephan and colleagues in the early 1980s, no major new comparative datasets covering multiple brain regions and a large number of primate species have become available. Howe…
View article: Wild and laboratory exposure to cues of predation risk increases relative brain mass in male guppies
Wild and laboratory exposure to cues of predation risk increases relative brain mass in male guppies Open
There is considerable diversity in brain size within and among species, and substantial dispute over the causes, consequences and importance of this variation. Comparative and developmental studies are essential in addressing this controve…
View article: Developmental plasticity of the stress response in female but not in male guppies
Developmental plasticity of the stress response in female but not in male guppies Open
To survive, animals must respond appropriately to stress. Stress responses are costly, so early-life experiences with potential stressors could adaptively tailor adult stress responses to local conditions. However, how multiple stressors i…
View article: Description of data from Developmental plasticity of the stress response in female but not in male guppies
Description of data from Developmental plasticity of the stress response in female but not in male guppies Open
Read me file containing the information about the data presented in the data set document.
View article: Primate Brain Anatomy: New Volumetric MRI Measurements for Neuroanatomical Studies
Primate Brain Anatomy: New Volumetric MRI Measurements for Neuroanatomical Studies Open
Since the publication of the primate brain volumetric dataset of Stephan and colleagues in the early 1980s, no major new comparative datasets covering multiple brain regions and a large number of primate species have become available. Howe…
View article: Description of data from Developmental plasticity of the stress response in female but not in male guppies.
Description of data from Developmental plasticity of the stress response in female but not in male guppies. Open
Read me file containing the information about the data presented in the data set document.
View article: Supplementary material from "Developmental plasticity of the stress response in female but not in male guppies"
Supplementary material from "Developmental plasticity of the stress response in female but not in male guppies" Open
To survive, animals must respond appropriately to stress. Stress responses are costly, so early-life experiences with potential stressors could adaptively tailor adult stress responses to local conditions. However, how multiple stressors i…
View article: Dataset from Developmental plasticity of the stress response in female but not in male guppies
Dataset from Developmental plasticity of the stress response in female but not in male guppies Open
Data of cortisol collection experiment on fish reared in a 2x2 design manipulating early life experience of predation and density.
View article: Supplementary Material for: Primate Brain Anatomy New Volumetric MRI Measurements for Neuroanatomical Studies
Supplementary Material for: Primate Brain Anatomy New Volumetric MRI Measurements for Neuroanatomical Studies Open
Since the publication of the primate brain volumetric dataset of Stephan and colleagues in the early 1980s, no major new comparative datasets covering multiple brain regions and a large number of primate species have become available. Howe…