A hub for all research pertaining to Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics of Fluctuating Populations
Abstract: Policies aimed at alleviating the growing problem of drug-resistant pathogens by restricting antimicrobial usage implicitly assume that resistance reduces the Darwinian fitness of pathogens in the absence of drugs. While fitness costs have been … Read more
URL: https://doi.org/10.2217/fmb.15.61 Authors: Jorge Moura de Sousa, Ana Sousa, Catarina Bourgard, and Isabel Gordo Journal Ref.: Future Microbiol. 10, 1415-1431 (2015). Aim: To investigate the cost of antibiotic resistance versus the potential for resistant clones … Read more
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/nrg3922 Authors: Diarmaid Hughes and Dan I. Andersson Journal Ref.: Nature Reviews Genetics 16, 459–471 (2015). Abstract: Drug therapy has a crucial role in the treatment of viral, bacterial, fungal and protozoan infections, as … Read more
URL: https://www.embopress.org/doi/full/10.1038/msb.2011.16 Author: Joao B Xavier Journal Ref.: Molecular Systems Biology 7, 483 (2011). Abstract: Social interaction among cells is essential for multicellular complexity. But how do molecular networks within individual cells confer the ability … Read more
URL: https://doi.org/10.1038/msb.2010.57 Authors: John S Chuang, Olivier Rivoire, and Stanislas Leibler Journal Ref.: Molecular Systems Biology 6, 398 (2010). Abstract: A fundamental problem in biology is understanding the evolutionary emergence and maintenance of altruistic behaviors. … Read more
URL: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.32976 Authors: Jessica Coates, Bo Ryoung Park, Dai Le, Emrah Şimşek, Waqas Chaudhry, and Minsu Kim Journal Ref.: eLife 7:e32976 (2018). Abstract: Effective antibiotic use that minimizes treatment failures remains a challenge. A better … Read more
Abstract: The evolutionary spread of cheater strategies can destabilize populations engaging in social cooperative behaviors, thus demonstrating that evolutionary changes can have profound implications for population dynamics. At the same time, the relative fitness of … Read more
Abstract: The maintenance of “public” or “common good” producers is a major question in the evolution of cooperation. Because nonproducers benefit from the shared resource without bearing its cost of production, they may proliferate faster … Read more