Publications by authors named "B Natterson-Horowitz"
Comparative phylogenetics provides a wealth of computational tools to understand evolutionary processes and their outcomes. Advances in these methodologies have occurred in parallel with a surge in cross-species genomic and phenotypic data. To date, however, the majority of published studies have focused on classical questions in evolutionary biology, such as speciation and the ecological drivers of trait evolution.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEvolutionary medicine - i.e. the application of insights from evolution and ecology to biomedicine - has tremendous untapped potential to spark transformational innovation in biomedical research, clinical care and public health.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCardiomyopathy Across the Tree of Life: Insights for Clinicians and Investigators.
Circ Heart Fail
September 2023
Mechanisms of equality and inequality in mammalian societies.
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci
August 2023
Article Synopsis
- - The study examines social inequality among social mammals, focusing on how social dominance hierarchies develop and vary across species, highlighting that these hierarchies evolve quickly and aren't necessarily tied to evolutionary history.
- - Factors influencing social inequality include social networks, resource access, and parental influences, which can create disparities in health and resources that carry over generations.
- - Despite these inequalities in food and mates, many social mammals also exhibit behaviors aimed at reducing inequality, such as food sharing and coalitions, emphasizing a complex relationship between social structure and cooperative behaviors in group living.