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Parent-offspring conflict in the evolution of vertebrate reproductive modeBernard Crespi
Behavioural Ecology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia, V5A 1S6, Canada
Am Nat 163:635-53. 2004....
Diametric gene-dosage effects as windows into neurogenetic architectureBernard Crespi
Department of Biological Sciences, 8888 University Drive, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada Electronic address
Curr Opin Neurobiol 23:143-51. 2013....
Conflictual speciation: species formation via genomic conflictBernard Crespi
Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
Trends Ecol Evol 28:48-57. 2013..We explain how intragenomic conflicts can promote, or sometimes constrain, speciation, and describe evidence relating conflicts to the evolution of reproductive isolation...
Association testing of copy number variants in schizophrenia and autism spectrum disordersBernard J Crespi
Department of Biosciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1 S6, Canada
J Neurodev Disord 4:15. 2012..abstract:..
Positive selection in the evolution of cancerBernard J Crespi
Behavioural Ecology Research Group, Department of Biology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1 S6 Canada
Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 81:407-24. 2006..These results have important implications for understanding the evolutionary underpinnings of cancer and the dynamics of antagonistically-coevolving molecular systems...
A skew model for the evolution of sociality via manipulation: why it is better to be feared than lovedB J Crespi
Department of Biosciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
Proc Biol Sci 267:821-8. 2000..We describe evidence that various forms of pre-emptive and ongoing manipulation occur in nature and we discuss the implications of the model for the development of a general theory of social evolution...
Adaptive evolution of genes underlying schizophreniaBernard Crespi
Department of Biosciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6
Proc Biol Sci 274:2801-10. 2007....
Psychosis and autism as diametrical disorders of the social brainBernard Crespi
Department of Biosciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
Behav Brain Sci 31:241-61; discussion 261-320. 2008..This hypothesis provides a simple yet comprehensive theory, grounded in evolutionary biology and genetics, for understanding the causes and phenotypes of autistic-spectrum and psychotic-spectrum conditions...
Genomic imprinting in the development and evolution of psychotic spectrum conditionsBernard Crespi
Department of Biosciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby BCV5A1S6, Canada
Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 83:441-93. 2008..An important role for imprinted genes in the etiologies of psychotic and autistic spectrum conditions is consistent with neurodevelopmental models of these disorders, and with predictions from the conflict theory of genomic imprinting...
Evolution in health and medicine Sackler colloquium: Comparative genomics of autism and schizophreniaBernard Crespi
Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107:1736-41. 2010....
The origins and evolution of genetic disease risk in modern humansBernard J Crespi
Department of Biosciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B C, Canada V5A 1S6
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1206:80-109. 2010....
The evolutionary biology of child healthBernard Crespi
Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, Canada
Proc Biol Sci 278:1441-9. 2011..Understanding the adaptive significance of child growth and development phenotypes, in the context of human-evolutionary changes and genomic conflicts, provides novel insights into the causes of disease in childhood...
Comparative immunogenetics of autism and schizophreniaB J Crespi
Department of Biosciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
Genes Brain Behav 10:689-701. 2011....
Autism and cancer riskB Crespi
Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby B C, British Columbia, Canada
Autism Res 4:302-10. 2011....
Cooperation: close friends and common enemiesBernard Crespi
Behavioural Ecology Research Group, Department of Biosciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada
Curr Biol 16:R414-5. 2006..The Prisoner's dilemma game has been a key conceptual tool for analyzing social behavior for over 50 years. A recent study shows how the spatial scale of competition in this game critically determines when cooperation can emerge...
The evolution of maladaptationB J Crespi
Department of Biological Science, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby BC V5A 1S6, Canada
Heredity (Edinb) 84:623-9. 2000..A thorough understanding of the nature of phenotypic variation will never be achieved without an analysis of the scope and usual causes of maladaptation...
Comparative phylogenetic analysis of the evolution of semelparity and life history in salmonid fishesBernard J Crespi
Department of Biosciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Evolution 56:1008-20. 2002....
Ecology. Social slime molds meet their matchBernard Crespi
Behavioural Ecology Research Group, Department of Biosciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
Science 299:56-7. 2003
Molecular systematics of Salmonidae: combined nuclear data yields a robust phylogenyBernard J Crespi
Behavioural Ecology Research Group, Department of Biosciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5A 1S6
Mol Phylogenet Evol 31:658-79. 2004..These findings have important implications for understanding the evolution of behavior, ecology and life-history in Salmonidae...
Does gene flow constrain adaptive divergence or vice versa? A test using ecomorphology and sexual isolation in Timema cristinae walking-sticksP Nosil
Department of Biosciences, Behavioral Ecology Research Group, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada
Evolution 58:102-12. 2004..Our findings illustrate how data on mating preferences can help determine the causal associations between trait divergence and levels of gene flow...
Placental invasiveness and brain-body allometry in eutherian mammalsM G Elliot
Behavioural Ecology Research Group, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
J Evol Biol 21:1763-78. 2008..Hence, with regard to brain-body allometry and prenatal growth patterns, eutherian mammals are structured into distinct groups differing in placental invasiveness...
Phylogenetic evidence for early hemochorial placentation in eutheriaM G Elliot
Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6
Placenta 30:949-67. 2009....
Reproductive isolation driven by the combined effects of ecological adaptation and reinforcementP Nosil
Department of Biosciences, Behavioral Ecology Research Group, 8888 University Drive, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada
Proc Biol Sci 270:1911-8. 2003..Our findings demonstrate the joint effects of reinforcement, ecological adaptation and gene flow on progress towards speciation in the wild...
The evolution of host preference in allopatric vs. parapatric populations of Timema cristinae walking-sticksP Nosil
Department of Biosciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby BC, Canada
J Evol Biol 19:929-42. 2006..Our findings demonstrate how gene flow and different forms of selection interact to determine the magnitude of reproductive isolation observed in nature...
Migration and the genetic covariance between habitat preference and performanceP Nosil
Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, V5A 1S6, Canada
Am Nat 167:E66-78. 2006..Our results show that habitat structure and patterns of migration can strongly affect the evolution and variability of genetic covariance within populations...
Divergent patterns of diversification in courtship and genitalic characters of Timema walking-sticksD Arbuthnott
Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
J Evol Biol 23:1399-411. 2010....
Adaptive radiation of gall-inducing insects within a single host-plant speciesJeffrey B Joy
Behavioural Ecology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia Canada, V5A 1S6
Evolution 61:784-95. 2007..This finding suggests that Larrea gall midges exhibit close morphological adaptation to specific host-plant parts, which may mediate ecological transitions via disruptive selection...
Experimental evidence that predation promotes divergence in adaptive radiationPatrik Nosil
Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5A 1S6
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103:9090-5. 2006..Our results indicate that both competition and predation may commonly serve as mechanisms of adaptive radiation...
Host-plant adaptation drives the parallel evolution of reproductive isolationPatrik Nosil
Department of Biosciences, Behavioural Ecology Research Group, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby BC, Canada, V5A 1S6
Nature 417:440-3. 2002..Our findings represent a clear demonstration that host-plant adaptation can play a crucial and repeatable role in the early stages of speciation...
The evolution of geographic parthenogenesis in Timema walking-sticksJennifer H Law
Department of Biosciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, V5A 1S6 Canada
Mol Ecol 11:1471-89. 2002..These results suggest that geographical parthenogenesis is the result of more-extensive northerly dispersal of asexuals than sexuals...
Placental invasiveness mediates the evolution of hybrid inviability in mammalsMichael G Elliot
Behavioural Ecology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada
Am Nat 168:114-20. 2006..Our results suggest that placental invasiveness mediates a major component of reproductive isolation in mammals...
Ecological divergence promotes the evolution of cryptic reproductive isolationPatrik Nosil
Department of Biosciences, Behavioural Ecology Research Group, Simon Fraser University 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
Proc Biol Sci 273:991-7. 2006....
Sequential colonization and diversification of Galapágos endemic land snail genus Bulimulus (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)Christine E Parent
Behavioural Ecology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada
Evolution 60:2311-28. 2006....
Adaptive gamete-recognition divergence in a hybridizing Mytilus populationStevan A Springer
Department of Biosciences, Behavioural Ecology Research Group, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, V5A 1S6, Canada
Evolution 61:772-83. 2007..edulis in the East Atlantic, drove the divergence of Lysin-M7 in M. galloprovincialis...
Natural selection and divergence in mate preference during speciationPatrik Nosil
Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
Genetica 129:309-27. 2007..Our results illustrate how understanding of the evolution of sexual isolation can be enhanced by isolating the roles of diverse ecological and evolutionary processes...
Recent and ancient asexuality in Timema walkingsticksJennifer H Law
Department of Biosciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Evolution 56:1711-7. 2002..By contrast, T. genevieve was inferred to be an ancient asexual, with an age of 0.81 to 1.42 million years. The main correlate of the age of asexual lineages was their geographic position, with younger asexuals being found further north...
Sly FOXP2: genomic conflict in the evolution of languageBernard J Crespi
Trends Ecol Evol 22:174-5. 2007
