Milind Watve
Evolution of Co-operation When the Strategies are Hidden: The Human Mating Game
Defection is frequently seen in co-operative systems [1-3]. Game theoretical solutions to stabilize cooperation rely on reciprocity and reputation in iterated games[4-5]. One of the basic requireme…
Received 16 August 2007 07:28 UTC; Posted 21 August 2007
Posted to: Evolutionary Biology
Obesity as a perceived social signal
Fat accumulation has been classically considered as a means of energy storage. Obese people are theorized as metabolically ‘thrifty’, saving energy during times of food abundance. However, recent r…
Received 23 December 2008 05:47 UTC; Posted 23 December 2008
Posted to: Ecology
Evolution of Thriftiness: An analytical viewpoint
We examine here, using a simple mathematical model, the conditions under which thrifty genes or fetal programming could evolve. Obesity and related disorders are thought to have their roots in meta…
Received 23 December 2008 05:09 UTC; Posted 23 December 2008
Posted to: Developmental Biology, Evolutionary Biology
Hypercytokinemia: Increased or decreased innate immunity?
The adipose tissue is an active endocrine organ which secretes proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines resulting into raised serum levels. Hypercytokinemia has been interpreted as raised level of …
Received 23 December 2008 05:29 UTC; Posted 23 December 2008
Posted to: Ecology, Immunology
Money handling influences BMI: a survey of cashiers
Money is a recent phenomenon in the evolutionary history of man and therefore no separate brain centre to handle money is likely to have evolved. The brain areas activated by food reward and money …
Received 22 December 2008 04:51 UTC; Posted 22 December 2008
Posted to: Developmental Biology, Ecology, Neuroscience
Caloric restriction causes symmetric cell division and delays aging in Escherichia coli
Aging is one of the most intriguing processes of biology and despite decades of research, many aspects of aging are poorly understood. Aging is known to occur in bacteria and yeast that divide with…
Received 11 July 2008 11:33 UTC; Posted 28 July 2008
Posted to: Microbiology
Sociobiological Control of Plasmid copy number
Background:All known mechanisms and genes responsible for the regulation of plasmid replication lie with the plasmid rather than the chromosome. It is possible therefore that there can be copy-up…
Received 26 June 2008 07:28 UTC; Posted 26 June 2008
Posted to: Ecology, Microbiology
Streptomyces sp. as predators of bacteria
Background: The ecological role of actinomycetes and their secondary metabolites is not yet completely understood. Hypothesis: Actinomycetes and Streptomyces sp. in particular, are non-obligate p…
Received 30 October 2007 14:36 UTC; Posted 01 November 2007
Posted to: Biotechnology, Ecology, Microbiology
