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Stuart A. West is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields within biological and social sciences, notably focusing on evolutionary game theory, cooperation, and genetic dynamics. Their work integrates areas such as biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, agricultural and biological sciences, and social sciences, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to understanding complex biological and social phenomena.

The main fields of study associated with their publications include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Social Sciences

Within these disciplines, their subfields of study extend to genetics, sociology and political science, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, insect science, and molecular biology.

Key research topics that recur throughout their work are:

  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Plant and Animal Studies
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Insect Symbiosis and Bacterial Influences
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions

Stuart A. West has contributed extensively to the academic literature, with notable papers including:

  • "Ten recent insights for our understanding of cooperation," 2021, published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Compartmentalization drives the evolution of symbiotic cooperation," 2020, published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Symbioses shape feeding niches and diversification across insects," 2023, published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Payoff-based learning best explains the rate of decline in cooperation across 237 public-goods games," 2021, published in Nature Human Behaviour
  • "The evolution of cheating in viruses," 2021, published in Nature Communications

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Anna E. Dewar
  • Melanie Ghoul
  • Ashleigh S. Griffin
  • Laurence J. Belcher
  • E. Toby Kiers

Stuart A. West's work appears in a variety of prominent scientific venues with frequent publications in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Evolution Letters
  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Reciprocal Rewards Stabilize Cooperation in the Mycorrhizal Symbiosis

    E. Toby Kiers;Marie Duhamel;Marie Duhamel;Yugandhar Beesetty;Yugandhar Beesetty;Jerry A. Mensah

  • Social semantics: altruism, cooperation, mutualism, strong reciprocity and group selection.

    Stuart A. West;Ashleigh S. Griffin;Andy Gardner;Andy Gardner

  • Social evolution theory for microorganisms

    Stuart A West;Ashleigh S Griffin;Andy Gardner;Andy Gardner;Stephen P Diggle

  • Cooperation and competition in pathogenic bacteria

    Ashleigh S Griffin;Stuart A West;Angus Buckling

  • Evolutionary Explanations for Cooperation

    Stuart A. West;Ashleigh S. Griffin;Andy Gardner;Andy Gardner

  • Host sanctions and the legume–rhizobium mutualism

    E. Toby Kiers;Robert A. Rousseau;Stuart A. West;R. Ford Denison

  • Cooperation and conflict in quorum-sensing bacterial populations

    Stephen P. Diggle;Ashleigh S. Griffin;Genevieve S. Campbell;Stuart A. West

  • Cooperation and competition between relatives.

    Stuart A. West;Ido Pen;Ashleigh S. Griffin

  • The Social Lives of Microbes

    Stuart A. West;Stephen P. Diggle;Angus Buckling;Andy Gardner

  • Sixteen common misconceptions about the evolution of cooperation in humans

    Stuart A. West;Claire El Mouden;Andy Gardner

  • Evolutionary Theory and the Ultimate–Proximate Distinction in the Human Behavioral Sciences

    Thomas C. Scott-Phillips;Thomas E. Dickins;Stuart A. West

  • Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality

    Patrick Abbot;Jun Abe;John Alcock;Samuel Alizon

  • Constraints in the Evolution of Sex Ratio Adjustment

    Stuart A. West;Ben C. Sheldon

  • The genetical theory of kin selection.

    A. Gardner;S. A. West;G. Wild

  • Male–killing Wolbachia in two species of insect

    Gregory D. D. Hurst;Francis M. Jiggins;J. Hinrich Graf von der Schulenburg;Dominique Bertrand

  • Kin discrimination and the benefit of helping in cooperatively breeding vertebrates.

    Ashleigh S. Griffin;Stuart A. West

  • Major evolutionary transitions in individuality

    Stuart A. West;Roberta M. Fisher;Andy Gardner;E. Toby Kiers

  • Kin selection: fact and fiction

    Ashleigh S. Griffin;Stuart A. West

  • Cooperation, virulence and siderophore production in bacterial parasites.

    Stuart A West;Angus Buckling

  • Sanctions and mutualism stability: why do rhizobia fix nitrogen?

    Stuart A West;E Toby Kiers;Ellen L Simms;R Ford Denison

  • Maternal dominance, maternal condition, and offspring sex ratio in ungulate mammals.

    Ben C. Sheldon;Stuart A. West

Frequent Co-Authors

Andy Gardner
Andy Gardner University of St Andrews
Ashleigh S. Griffin
Ashleigh S. Griffin University of Oxford
David M. Shuker
David M. Shuker University of St Andrews
Stephen P. Diggle
Stephen P. Diggle Georgia Institute of Technology
E. Toby Kiers
E. Toby Kiers Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Sarah E. Reece
Sarah E. Reece University of Edinburgh
James M. Cook
James M. Cook Western Sydney University
Angus Buckling
Angus Buckling University of Exeter
Edward Allen Herre
Edward Allen Herre Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Andrew F. Read
Andrew F. Read Pennsylvania State University

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