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Claus Wedekind is affiliated with the University of Lausanne in Switzerland and is active in research encompassing various aspects of biology with a focus on aquatic species and evolutionary biology. Their work spans multiple fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Environmental Science, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

The research covers several subfields such as Nature and Landscape Conservation, Aquatic Science, Genetics, Physiology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Main topics in their scholarly work include Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Reproductive Biology and Impacts on Aquatic Species, Fish Biology and Ecology Studies, Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences, and Genetic and Phenotypic Traits in Livestock.

Some of Claus Wedekind's most recent published papers include:

  • Effects of global warming on sex ratios in fishes, 2020, Journal of Fish Biology
  • Adult sex ratios: causes of variation and implications for animal and human societies, 2022, Communications Biology
  • Testing for population differences in evolutionary responses to pesticide pollution in brown trout (Salmo trutta), 2020, Evolutionary Applications
  • Sex-Specific Stress Tolerance in Embryos of Lake Char (Salvelinus umbla), 2021, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Sex-Specific Life History Affected by Stocking in Juvenile Brown Trout, 2022, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Claus Wedekind include:

  • David Nusbaumer
  • Lucas Marques da Cunha
  • Christian de Guttry
  • Laura Garaud
  • Laurie Ançay

Publication venues where the scientist has contributed multiple times are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Fish Biology
  • Communications Biology
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Molecular Ecology

Best Publications

  • MHC-dependent mate preferences in humans

    Claus Wedekind;Thomas Seebeck;Florence Bettens;Alexander J. Paepke

  • Cooperation Through Image Scoring in Humans

    Claus Wedekind;Manfred Milinski

  • Body odour preferences in men and women: do they aim for specific MHC combinations or simply heterozygosity?

    Claus Wedekind;Sandra Füri

  • Adaptive or Nonadaptive Immunosuppression by Sex Hormones

    Claus Wedekind;Ivar Folstad

  • The long-term benefits of human generosity in indirect reciprocity

    Claus Wedekind;Victoria A Braithwaite

  • Working memory constrains human cooperation in the Prisoner's Dilemma.

    Manfred Milinski;Claus Wedekind

  • Human cooperation in the simultaneous and the alternating Prisoner's Dilemma: Pavlov versus Generous Tit-for-Tat.

    Claus Wedekind;Manfred Milinski

  • Detailed Information about Parasites Revealed by Sexual Ornamentation

    Claus Wedekind

  • The evolution of punishment through reputation

    Miguel dos Santos;Miguel dos Santos;Daniel J. Rankin;Daniel J. Rankin;Claus Wedekind

  • Nonlinkage of major histocompatibility complex class I and class II loci in bony fishes.

    Akie Sato;Felipe Figueroa;Brent W. Murray;Edward Málaga-Trillo

  • Evidence for MHC-correlated perfume preferences in humans.

    Manfred Milinski;Claus Wedekind

  • Potential genetic benefits of mate selection in whitefish

    C. Wedekind;C. Wedekind;C. Wedekind;R. Müller;H. Spicher

  • Non-random fertilization in mice correlates with the MHC and something else

    Claus Wedekind;Michel Chapuisat;Ervin Macas;Thomas Rülicke

  • Mate choice and maternal selection for specific parasite resistances before, during and after fertilization

    Claus Wedekind

  • Sexual Selection and Life‐History Decisions: Implications for Supportive Breeding and the Management of Captive Populations

    Claus Wedekind

  • Different Carotenoids and Potential Information Content of Red Coloration of Male Three-Spined Stickleback

    Claus Wedekind;Pascale Sabine Meyer;Markus Frischknecht;Urs A. Niggli

  • Induced hatching to avoid infectious egg disease in whitefish.

    Claus Wedekind

  • Manipulating sex ratios for conservation: short-term risks and long-term benefits

    C. Wedekind

  • MHC-linked susceptibility to a bacterial infection, but no MHC-linked cryptic female choice in whitefish.

    C. Wedekind;M. Walker;M. Walker;J. Portmann;B. Cenni

  • Do three-spined sticklebacks avoid consuming copepods, the first intermediate host of Schistocephalus solidus ? — an experimental analysis of behavioural resistance

    C. Wedekind;M. Milinski

  • Male dominance linked to size and age, but not to 'good genes' in brown trout (Salmo trutta)

    Alain Jacob;Alain Jacob;Sébastien Nusslé;Adrian Britschgi;Guillaume Evanno

Frequent Co-Authors

Manfred Milinski
Manfred Milinski Max Planck Society
Lukas Schärer
Lukas Schärer University of Basel
Marc Robinson-Rechavi
Marc Robinson-Rechavi University of Lausanne
Luca Fumagalli
Luca Fumagalli University of Lausanne
Thomas Rülicke
Thomas Rülicke University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Victoria A. Braithwaite
Victoria A. Braithwaite Pennsylvania State University
Thomas Seebeck
Thomas Seebeck University of Bern
Tom J. Little
Tom J. Little University of Edinburgh
Thomas Wahli
Thomas Wahli University of Bern
Rupert M. Bruckmaier
Rupert M. Bruckmaier University of Bern

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