By Alcock, Joe, Maley, Carlo C., & Aktipis, C. Athena. (2014). Is eating behavior manipulated by the gastrointestinal microbiota? Evolutionary pressures and potential mechanisms. Bioessays, n/a-n/a. doi: 10.1002/bies.201400071 See a nice commentary by Carl Zimmer...
By Apari P, de Sousa JD, Müller V (2014) . in PLoS Pathog 10(8): e1004111. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1004111 In this Opinion piece we argue that the tendency of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) to cause infertility is likely to reflect an evolutionary adaptation...
Adaptive variability in the duration of critical windows of plasticity: Implications for the programming of obesity By Jonathan CK Wells Evol Med Public Health published 5 August 2014, 10.1093/emph/eou019...
Lively, C. M., Roode, J. C. d., Duffy, M. A., Graham, A. L., & Koskella, B. (2014). Interesting Open Questions in Disease Ecology and Evolution. The American Naturalist, 184(S1), S1-S8. doi: 10.1086/677032 Introduction: Studies on the ecology and evolution of...
Many have asked if there are meetings they can attend to learn more about evolutionary medicine and to get up-to-date on the latest advances. Two just-announced major conferences will meet this need, one in Europe, one in the USA. Both will soon be inviting abstract...
