Stuart West

@StuWest8

Evolution

Oxford, UK
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Joined November 2012
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    Oct 30

    New paper with and showing that the hypothesis that pleiotropy favours cooperation doesn't really work, except when there are extreme genetic constraints, that stop the genetic architecture evolving.

    New paper with and on how cooperation promotes pleiotropy, rather than the reverse. A project I did during my postdoc at , funded by .
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  2. Dec 19

    Forgotten women of science: Dora Ilse and the sense of butterflies

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  3. Dec 14

    Theory showing how uncertainty favours simple rules of thumb over how much to cooperate, helps explanation why humans cooperate in economic games

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  4. Retweeted
    Dec 5

    Got a PhD recently? Want to come to Oxford?

    The Department of Zoology will support applications for up to two Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships in 2019 - details below (tl; dr: 2 page outline application to Head of Dept by 25 Jan 2019; final application due 28 Feb 2019)
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  5. Dec 10

    Stated casually on whether religion is a virus of the mind or an evolutionary adaptation

    By the way, today's talk is another one where I'll talk a lot about the work of . His stuff is pretty rad.
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  6. Dec 10

    Well done Sally!

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  7. Retweeted
    Dec 10

    I've only gone and passed my PhD!!! 🎉🎉🎉 You may call me (almost a) Doctor Le Page!

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  8. Dec 5

    Great stated casually discussion of irreducible complexity, and role of division of labour by (and some hilarious comments if you scroll down)

    Tomorrow's talk on how evolves (which is here: ) will make heavy use of concepts from 's new paper on the evolution of division of labour:
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  9. Retweeted
    Dec 5

    "After taking part in , my curiosity and passion for biology has been reinforced, reminding me of why I fell in love with biology in the first place. I have never felt so motivated!" Apply for 2019 now:

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  10. Dec 5

    Got a PhD recently? Want to come to Oxford?

    The Department of Zoology will support applications for up to two Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships in 2019 - details below (tl; dr: 2 page outline application to Head of Dept by 25 Jan 2019; final application due 28 Feb 2019)
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  11. Retweeted
    Nov 20

    A fascinating paper challenging one of the textbook examples of Behavioural ecology; 'Badges of Status'. Highlights the importance of publishing negative results, especially when studying animal signals.

    Thousands of students learn about badges of status in House Sparrows They are 𝗧𝗛𝗘 text book example for status signalling in behavioural ecology But our challenges this hypothesis. Do we need to update the text books? Study:
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  12. Nov 19

    Female authors in the 1800s editions of The American Naturalist: who, why and how in an "exclusive men's club"

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  13. Nov 8

    Congratulations to Lucy on apparently the most popular article at Nature this week!

    's brilliant 20 things that I wish I'd known before i started my PhD, compiled with graduate students in Nature Careers
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  14. Nov 6

    why do fish (and worms) trade eggs?

    The evolution of egg trading, with G Nöldeke () and O Puebla (). We build on and extend a previous model by J Henshaw, , and .
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  15. Nov 6

    Awesome Steffi!

    Seven concerts these past 2 weeks proved the perfect preparation for Stephanie to pass her PhD viva with flying colours! Time for a party!👩‍🎓
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  16. Nov 6

    Dave Allsop (1974-2018) was amazing, in so many ways. A really tragic loss.

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    Oct 24

    Cool job at Oxford.....

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  18. Retweeted
    Oct 30

    New paper with and showing that the hypothesis that pleiotropy favours cooperation doesn't really work, except when there are extreme genetic constraints, that stop the genetic architecture evolving.

    New paper with and on how cooperation promotes pleiotropy, rather than the reverse. A project I did during my postdoc at , funded by .
    13 retweets 27 likes
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  19. Oct 25

    post-doc using bacterial social evolution to help kill agricultural pests

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  20. Oct 24

    Analysis shows that USS misrepresented data.

    University fund accused of exaggerating shortfall
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