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Author Axelrod, R.; Hamilton, W.D.
Title The evolution of cooperation Type Journal Article
Year 1981 Publication (up) Science Abbreviated Journal Science
Volume 211 Issue 4489 Pages 1390-1396
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Abstract Cooperation in organisms, whether bacteria or primates, has been a difficulty for evolutionary theory since Darwin. On the assumption that interactions between pairs of individuals occur on a probabilistic basis, a model is developed based on the concept of an evolutionarily stable strategy in the context of the Prisoner's Dilemma game. Deductions from the model, and the results of a computer tournament show how cooperation based on reciprocity can get started in an asocial world, can thrive while interacting with a wide range of other strategies, and can resist invasion once fully established. Potential applications include specific aspects of territoriality, mating, and disease.
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Notes 10.1126/science.7466396 Approved no
Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 4933
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Author McLaren, B.E.; Peterson, R.O.
Title Wolves, Moose, and Tree Rings on Isle Royale Type Journal Article
Year 1994 Publication (up) Science Abbreviated Journal Science
Volume 266 Issue 5190 Pages 1555-1558
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Abstract Investigation of tree growth in Isle Royale National Park in Michigan revealed the influence of herbivores and carnivores on plants in an intimately linked food chain. Plant growth rates were regulated by cycles in animal density and responded to annual changes in primary productivity only when released from herbivory by wolf predation. Isle Royale's dendrochronology complements a rich literature on food chain control in aquatic systems, which often supports a trophic cascade model. This study provides evidence of top-down control in a forested ecosystem.
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Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 4995
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Author Milo, R.; Itzkovitz, S.; Kashtan, N.; Levitt, R.; Alon, U.
Title Response to Comment on “Network Motifs: Simple Building Blocks of Complex Networks” and “Superfamilies of Evolved and Designed Networks” Type Journal Article
Year 2004 Publication (up) Science Abbreviated Journal Science
Volume 305 Issue 5687 Pages 1107d
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Notes 10.1126/science.1100519 Approved no
Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 5031
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Author Milo, R.; Shen-Orr, S.; Itzkovitz, S.; Kashtan, N.; Chklovskii, D.; Alon, U.
Title Network Motifs: Simple Building Blocks of Complex Networks Type Journal Article
Year 2002 Publication (up) Science Abbreviated Journal Science
Volume 298 Issue 5594 Pages 824-827
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Abstract Complex networks are studied across many fields of science. To uncover their structural design principles, we defined “network motifs,” patterns of interconnections occurring in complex networks at numbers that are significantly higher than those in randomized networks. We found such motifs in networks from biochemistry, neurobiology, ecology, and engineering. The motifs shared by ecological food webs were distinct from the motifs shared by the genetic networks of Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae or from those found in the World Wide Web. Similar motifs were found in networks that perform information processing, even though they describe elements as different as biomolecules within a cell and synaptic connections between neurons in Caenorhabditis elegans. Motifs may thus define universal classes of networks. This approach may uncover the basic building blocks of most networks.
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Notes 10.1126/science.298.5594.824 Approved no
Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 5032
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Author Milo, R.; Itzkovitz, S.; Kashtan, N.; Levitt, R.; Shen-Orr, S.; Ayzenshtat, I.; Sheffer, M.; Alon, U.
Title Superfamilies of Evolved and Designed Networks Type Journal Article
Year 2004 Publication (up) Science Abbreviated Journal Science
Volume 303 Issue 5663 Pages 1538-1542
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Abstract Complex biological, technological, and sociological networks can be of very different sizes and connectivities, making it difficult to compare their structures. Here we present an approach to systematically study similarity in the local structure of networks, based on the significance profile (SP) of small subgraphs in the network compared to randomized networks. We find several superfamilies of previously unrelated networks with very similar SPs. One superfamily, including transcription networks of microorganisms, represents “rate-limited” information-processing networks strongly constrained by the response time of their components. A distinct superfamily includes protein signaling, developmental genetic networks, and neuronal wiring. Additional superfamilies include power grids, protein-structure networks and geometric networks, World Wide Web links and social networks, and word-adjacency networks from different languages.
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Notes 10.1126/science.1089167 Approved no
Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 5033
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Author Artzy-Randrup, Y.; Fleishman, S.J.; Ben-Tal, N.; Stone, L.
Title Comment on “Network Motifs: Simple Building Blocks of Complex Networks” and “Superfamilies of Evolved and Designed Networks” Type Journal Article
Year 2004 Publication (up) Science Abbreviated Journal Science
Volume 305 Issue 5687 Pages 1107c
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Notes 10.1126/science.1099334 Approved no
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Author Silk, J.B.; Alberts, S.C.; Altmann, J.
Title Social Bonds of Female Baboons Enhance Infant Survival Type Journal Article
Year 2003 Publication (up) Science Abbreviated Journal Science
Volume 302 Issue 5648 Pages 1231-1234
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Abstract Among nonhuman primates, females often form strong bonds with kin and other group members. These relationships are thought to have adaptive value for females, but direct effects of sociality on fitness have never been demonstrated. We present 16 years of behavioral data from a well-studied population of wild baboons, which demonstrate that sociality of adult females is positively associated with infant survival, an important component of variation in female lifetime fitness. The effects of sociality on infant survival are independent of the effects of dominance rank, group membership, and environmental conditions. Our results are consistent with the evidence that social support has beneficial effects on human health and well-being across the life span. For humans and other primates, sociality has adaptive value.
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Notes 10.1126/science.1088580 Approved no
Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 5151
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Author Schmidt, M.; Lipson, H.
Title Distilling Free-Form Natural Laws from Experimental Data Type Journal Article
Year 2009 Publication (up) Science Abbreviated Journal Science
Volume 324 Issue 5923 Pages 81-85
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Abstract For centuries, scientists have attempted to identify and document analytical laws that underlie physical phenomena in nature. Despite the prevalence of computing power, the process of finding natural laws and their corresponding equations has resisted automation. A key challenge to finding analytic relations automatically is defining algorithmically what makes a correlation in observed data important and insightful. We propose a principle for the identification of nontriviality. We demonstrated this approach by automatically searching motion-tracking data captured from various physical systems, ranging from simple harmonic oscillators to chaotic double-pendula. Without any prior knowledge about physics, kinematics, or geometry, the algorithm discovered Hamiltonians, Lagrangians, and other laws of geometric and momentum conservation. The discovery rate accelerated as laws found for simpler systems were used to bootstrap explanations for more complex systems, gradually uncovering the “alphabet” used to describe those systems.
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Notes 10.1126/science.1165893 Approved no
Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 5264
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Author Hamilton, C.R.; Vermeire, B.A.
Title Complementary hemispheric specialization in monkeys Type Journal Article
Year 1988 Publication (up) Science Abbreviated Journal Science
Volume 242 Issue 4886 Pages 1691-1694
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Abstract Twenty-five split-brain monkeys were taught to discriminate two types of visual stimuli that engage lateralized cerebral processing in human subjects. Differential lateralization for the two kinds of discriminations was found; the left hemisphere was better at distinguishing between tilted lines and the right hemisphere was better at discriminating faces. These results indicate that lateralization of cognitive processing appeared in primates independently of language or handedness. In addition, cerebral lateralization in monkeys may provide an appropriate model for studying the biological basis of hemispheric specialization.
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Author Bartal, I.B.-A.; Decety, J.; Mason, P.
Title Empathy and Pro-Social Behavior in Rats Type Journal Article
Year 2011 Publication (up) Science Abbreviated Journal Science
Volume 334 Issue 6061 Pages 1427-1430
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Abstract Whereas human pro-social behavior is often driven by empathic concern for another, it is unclear whether nonprimate mammals experience a similar motivational state. To test for empathically motivated pro-social behavior in rodents, we placed a free rat in an arena with a cagemate trapped in a restrainer. After several sessions, the free rat learned to intentionally and quickly open the restrainer and free the cagemate. Rats did not open empty or object-containing restrainers. They freed cagemates even when social contact was prevented. When liberating a cagemate was pitted against chocolate contained within a second restrainer, rats opened both restrainers and typically shared the chocolate. Thus, rats behave pro-socially in response to a conspecific�s distress, providing strong evidence for biological roots of empathically motivated helping behavior.
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Notes 10.1126/science.1210789 Approved no
Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 5725
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