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Dijkstra lab @peterdddd

We explore how social competition and stress reshape brains, behavior, and evolution. sites.google.com/site/peterd…

Joined July 2012
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Thank you Farjana Chamily and Ben VanderKlok at Central Michigan University for leading this welfare study in cichlid fish! cmich.edu/news/details/cmu-s…
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The journey to securing our NSF grant was a team effort! A huge thank you to @HofmannLab, Ryan Wong, and many others: CMU partners on $1.8 million NSF grant to study evolution: cmich.edu/news/details/CMU-g…
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We published our cannibalism paper two years ago: nationalgeographic.com/anima… This is our follow up study: micropublication.org/journal…

Why these fish moms cannibalize their babies

Some African cichlid fish raise their young in their mouths—and snack on them. Now, scientists may have figured out the reason.

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Feeling a bit stressed today? Research from our lab suggests you are not alone: yahoo.com/news/stress-warpin…

Stress is warping these fish brains

It is not some secret that stress can be bad for animal brains, and social stress itself can lead to a build up of oxidative stress. This imbalance of free radicals and antioxidants damages the cells...

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Olympic medal count corrected for the size of the economy.
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Different view on Olympics medal count per country after correcting for population size:
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Medal count per country corrected for population size (total number of medals divided by population size). Interesting ranking!

ALT Medal count per country corrected for population size (total number of medals divided by population size). Interesting ranking!
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New paper from our lab! Sexual selection may support phenotypic plasticity in male coloration of an African cichlid fish | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.11…
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Radio interview: cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/afr…

These mother fish eat some of their offspring to maintain strength, study finds | CBC Radio

Researchers hoping to learn why African freshwater cichlids carry newborn babies in their mouths discovered something even more bizarre: they devour some of the young offspring in the process.

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Congratulations Jake Sawecki on your paper in Biology Letters! royalsocietypublishing.org/d…

Mothers modify the cost of reproduction by dynamic changes in antioxidant function and filial...

Abstract. Investment in current reproduction may negatively influence subsequent fitness. Oxidative stress has been proposed as a potential mediator of thi

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Fish that keep their young in their mouths sometimes eat them newscientist.com/article/234…

Fish that keep their young in their mouths sometimes eat them

Some female cichlid fish keep their offspring in their mouth for protection, but they commonly eat up to half of their brood

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Why these fish moms cannibalize their babies nationalgeographic.com/anima… via @NatGeo

Why these fish moms cannibalize their babies

Some African cichlid fish raise their young in their mouths—and snack on them. Now, scientists may have figured out the reason.

nationalgeographic.com
Some mouthbrooding fish eat their children to reduce stress nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2022…
Social instability influences oxidative stress in a cichlid fish! Good job Shana! journals.biologists.com/jeb/…
New paper from the lab. Good job Robert! link.springer.com/article/10…

Radical change: temporal patterns of oxidative stress during social ascent in a dominance hierarchy

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology - Dominant individuals have priority access to mates and resources. However, high rank can be costly too, especially when it is maintained by intense agonistic...

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New paper from the lab - good job Shana Border!
Behavioral Ecology@BehavEcol
17 Jan 2019
Social rank, color morph, and social network metrics predict oxidative stress in a cichlid fish #BehavEcol #dominance #hierarchy #territory #colsci #metabolism #aggression academic.oup.com/beheco/adva…
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