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32
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2152
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177

Overview

Vr Southgate is affiliated with the Natural History Museum in the United Kingdom. Their research broadly falls within the field of Psychology, with particular contributions to Developmental and Educational Psychology, Social Psychology, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

Their work primarily addresses topics including:

  • Child and Animal Learning Development
  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior

Southgate has coauthored research with Judith M. Burkart. They have published in venues such as Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, which also represents their frequent publication outlet.

A notable recent paper authored by Southgate is titled "An evolutionary perspective on altercentrism", published in 2025 in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. This publication has contributed to the evolving discussion in neuroscience and behavioral sciences.

Best Publications

  • The phylogeny of the Schistosomatidae based on three genes with emphasis on the interrelationships of Schistosoma Weinland, 1858.

    A. E. Lockyer;P. D. Olson;P. Østergaard;D. Rollinson

  • The epidemiology of human schistosomiasis in the Senegal River Basin

    Michel Picquet;JC Ernould;Jozef Vercruysse;VR Southgate

  • The genus Schistosoma: a taxonomic appraisal.

    D. Rollinson;V. R. Southgate;A. J. G. Simpson

  • Polyparasitism with Schistosoma haematobium and soil‐transmitted helminth infections among school children in Loum, Cameroon

    L-A Tchuem Tchuenté;J M Behnke;F S Gilbert;V R Southgate

  • What is Schistosoma intercalatum Fisher, 1934?

    C.A. Wright;V.R. Southgate;R.J. Knowles

  • Interactions between intermediate snail hosts of the genus Bulinus and schistosomes of the Schistosoma haematobium group.

    D. Rollinson;J. R. Stothard;V. R. Southgate

  • Schistosomiasis at Loum, Cameroun; Schistosoma haematobium, S. intercalatum and their natural hybrid.

    V. R. Southgate;H. B. van Wijk;C. A. Wright

  • Towards control of schistosomiasis in sub-Saharan Africa

    V.R. Southgate;D. Rollinson;L.A. Tchuem Tchuenté;P. Hagan

  • Low genetic diversity in a snail intermediate host (Biomphalaria pfeifferi Krass, 1848) and schistosomiasis transmission in the Senegal River Basin.

    G. Campbell;Leslie Robert Noble;D. Rollinson;V. R. Southgate

  • Observations on natural and experimental interactions between Schistosoma bovis and S. curassoni from West Africa.

    D. Rollinson;V.R. Southgate;J. Vercruysse;P.J. Moore;P.J. Moore

  • The phylogeography of Asian Schistosoma (Trematoda: Schistosomatidae).

    S. W. Attwood;E. S. Upatham;X. H. Meng;D.-C. Qiu

  • Observations on Schistosoma bovis Sonsino, 1876

    V.R. Southgate;R.J. Knowles

  • The epidemiology of human and animal schistosomiasis in the Senegal River Basin.

    J Vercruysse;V R Southgate;D Rollinson

  • Studies on transmission and schistosome interactions in Senegal, Mali and Zambia.

    J Vercruysse;V R Southgate;D Rollinson;D De Clercq

  • The evolution of schistosomiasis at Loum, Cameroon: replacement of Schistosoma intercalatum by S. haematobium through introgressive hybridization.

    L. A. T. Tchuem Tchuente;V. R. Southgate;F. Njiokou;T. Njine

  • Enzymes in Schistosoma intercalatum and the relative status of the Lower Guinea and Zaire strains of the parasite.

    C.A. Wright;V.R. Southgate;G.C. Ross

  • The influence of Calicophoron microbothrium on the susceptibility of Bulinus tropicus to Schistosoma bovis.

    V. R. Southgate;D. S. Brown;A. Warlow;R. J. Knowles

  • Change of mate and mating competition between males of Schistosoma intercalation and S. mansoni

    L. A. Tchuem Tchuenté;V. R. Southgate;D. Imbert-Establet;J. Jourdane

  • Hybrids between Schistosoma haematobium and S. intercalatum in Cameroon

    C. A. Wright;V. R. Southgate;H. B. Van Wijk;P. J. Moore

  • A phylogenetic analysis of Schistosoma haematobium group species based on randomly amplified polymorphic DNA.

    Anne Kaukas;Emmanuel Dias Neto;Andrew J.G. Simpson;Vaughan R. Southgate

  • Mating interactions between Schistosoma haematobium and S. mansoni.

    B.L. Webster;V.R. Southgate;L-A. Tchuem Tchuenté

  • On Schistosoma curassoni, S. haematobium and S. bovis from Senegal: development in Mesocricetus auratus, compatibility with species of Bulinus and their enzymes

    V.R. Southgate;D. Rollinson;G.C. Ross;R.J. Knowles

  • THE PHYLOGENETICS OF TRICULINE SNAILS (RISSOOIDEA:POMATIOPSIDAE) FROM SOUTH-EAST ASIA AND SOUTHERN CHINA: HISTORICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY AND THE TRANSMISSION OF HUMAN SCHISTOSOMIASIS

    S. W. Attwood;S. Ambu;X.-H. Meng;E. S. Upatham

  • Compatibility of Schistosoma mansoni and Biomphalaria pfeifferi in northern Senegal.

    L. A. Tchuem Tchuenté;V. R. Southgate;A. Théron;J. Jourdane

  • Schistosomiasis in Dogon country, Mali: identification and prevalence of the species responsible for infection in the local community.

    D. De Clercq;D. Rollinson;A. Diarra;M. Sacko

  • Schistosoma ovuncatum n. sp. (Digenea: Schistosomatidae) from northwest Thailand and the historical biogeography of Southeast Asian Schistosoma Weinland, 1858

    S.W. Attwood;C. Panasoponkul;E.S. Upatham;X.H. Meng

  • A DNA-sequence based phylogeny for triculine snails (Gastropoda: Pomatiopsidae: Triculinae), intermediate hosts for Schistosoma (Trematoda: Digenea): phylogeography and the origin of Neotricula

    S. W. Attwood;E. S. Upatham;Y.-P. Zhang;Y.-P. Zhang;Z.-Q. Yang

  • Schistosoma mattheei infections in cattle: changes associated with season and age

    J. De Bont;J. Vercruysse;F. Sabbe;V.R. Southgate

  • Pathology of natural infections of Schistosoma spindale Montgomery, 1906, in cattle.

    J. Fransen;J. De Bont;J. Vercruysse;D. Van Aken

  • The detection of Schistosoma mekongi infections in a natural population of Neotricula aperta at Khong Island, Laos, and the control of Mekong schistosomiasis

    S.W. Attwood;E.S. Upatham;V.R. Southgate

  • A new species of Tricula (Pomatiopsidae: Triculinae) from Sichuan Province, PR China: intermediate host of Schistosoma sinensium

    S. W. Attwood;D. S. Brown;X. H. Meng;V. R. Southgate

  • Schistosomiasis in the Republic of São Tomé and Principe: characterization of Schistosoma intercalatum

    V.R. Southgate;D. Rollinson;A. Kaukas;J. Almeda

  • Observations on genetic diversity of Bulinus cernicus (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) from Mauritius

    D. Rollinson;R. A. Kane;A. Warlow;V. R. Southgate

  • Comparison of human and murine isolates of Schistosoma mansoni from Richard-Toll, Senegal, by isoelectric focusing

    M. Sène;P. Brémond;J.P. Hervé;V.R. Southgate

  • Observations on compatibility between Bulinus truncatus and Schistosoma haematobium in the Senegal River Basin.

    D. Rollinson;D. De Clercq;M. Sacko;M. Traoré

  • Neotricula aperta (Gastropoda: Pomatiopsidae), the intermediate host of Schistosoma mekongi: allozyme variation and relationships between Khmer, Lao, and Thai populations

    S. W. Attwood;S. W. Attwood;V. Kitikoon;V. R. Southgate

  • Studies of the relationships between Schistosoma nasale and S. spindale and their snail host Indoplanorbis exustus

    J. de Bont;J. Vercruysse;D. van Aken;V. R. Southgate

Frequent Co-Authors

David Rollinson
David Rollinson Natural History Museum
Jozef Vercruysse
Jozef Vercruysse Ghent University
Bonnie L. Webster
Bonnie L. Webster Natural History Museum
André Théron
André Théron University of Perpignan
D. T. J. Littlewood
D. T. J. Littlewood Natural History Museum
Bernard Marchand
Bernard Marchand University of Corsica Pascal Paoli
Takeshi Agatsuma
Takeshi Agatsuma Kōchi University
Christopher Shaw
Christopher Shaw King's College London
Donald P. McManus
Donald P. McManus Australian National University
Petr Horák
Petr Horák Charles University

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