Abstract Behavioural biology often focuses on identifying general patterns, yet unusual or rare behaviours at both the population and individual level can provide insight into animal behaviour. Here, ...

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Mathematically integrating genetics, development, and evolution is a longstanding challenge. A prevalent approach is quantitative genetics underpinned by the infinitesimal model, which considers a sim...

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Many social insects respond to pathogens in ways that reduce pathogen transmission within their social groups, with behaviors such as grooming or r...

Liran Samuni has started a new research group at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig

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In dieser Podcast-Episode erklärt die Evolutionsbiologin Dr. Barbara Fischer die spannende Herausforderung der menschlichen Geburt: das Verhältnis von Kopfgröße Neugeborener zum mütterlichen Becken. O...