Publications
Flatres, A., Wild, G. 2024. Evolution of delayed dispersal with group size effect and population dynamics. Theoretical Population Biology, 157, 1-13. 10.1016/j.tpb.2024.02.007
Scott, T. W., Wild, G. 2023. How to make an inclusive-fitness model. Proceedings of Royal Society, B 290, 0231310. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.1310 (Open Access)
Ubeda, F., Wild, G. 2023. Microchimerism as a source of information on future pregnancies. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B 290:20231142. Open Access
Fyon, F., Berbel-Filho, W. M., Schlupp, I., Wild, G., Ubeda, F. 2023. Why do hybrids turn down sex? Evolution here.
Shillcock, G., Ubeda, F., Wild, G. 2023. Vertical transmission does not always lead to benign pathogen-host associations. Evolution Letters here. YouTube Summary
Liu M., Wild, G., West, S. A. 2023. Equilibria and oscillations in cheat-cooperator dynamics. Evolution Letters here.
Leeks A., Young P.G., Turner P.E., Wild G., West S.A. 2023. Cheating leads to the evolution of multipartite viruses. PLoS Biol, 21, e3002092. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002092
Wild, G., Flear V. J., Thompson, G. J. 2023. A kin-selection model of fairness in heterogeneous populations. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 565, 11469. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2023.111469 YouTube Summary
Scott, T.W., West, S.A., Dewar, A.E., Wild, G. 2023. Is cooperation favoured by horizontal gene transfer? Evolution Letters, in press. https://doi.org/10.1093/evlett/qrad003
Wild, G. 2023. Technical comment on, `Sex ratios when helpers stay at the nest.' Evolution, qpad007. Open Access
Wild, G. 2023. Pillars of biology: `The genetical evolution of social behaviour, I and II.' Journal of Theoretical Biology, 562, 111430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2023.111430 preprint
Liu, M., West, S.A., Wild, G. 2022. The evolution of manipulative cheating. eLife, 11:e80611.Open Access
Mitchell, E.J., Graham, A.L., Ubeda, F., Wild, G. 2022. On maternity and the stronger immune response in women. Nature Communications, 13, 4858. Open Access
Dewar, A. E., Thomas, J. L., Scott, T. W., Wild, G, Griffin, A.S., West, S. A., Ghoul, M. 2021. Plasmids do not consistently stabilize cooperation across bacteria, but may promote pathogen host range. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 5, 1624–1636. Open Access
McLeod, D. V., Wild, G., Ubeda, F. 2021. Epigenetic memories and the evolution of infectious diseases. Nature Communications, 12, 4273. Open Access
Mitchell, E., Wild, G. 2020. Prophylactic host behaviour discourages pathogen exploitation. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 503, 110388. doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2020.110388, bioarxiv version (pre-review)
Cooper, G. A., Levin, S. R., Wild, G., West, S. A. 2018. Modeling relatedness and demography in social evolution. Evolution Letters, 2, 260-271. doi:10.1002/evl3.69
Koykka, C., Wild, G. 2018. The influence of environmental variance on the evolution of signaling behavior. Behavioral Ecology, 29, 814-820. doi:10.1093/beheco/ary072
Xu, J., Wild, G. 2018. Dispersal altering local states has a limited effect on persistence of a metapopulation. Journal of Biological Dynamics, 12, 455-470. doi:10.1080/17513758.2018.1469791
Wild, G., Korb, J. 2017. Evolution of delayed dispersal and subsequent emergence of helping, with implications for cooperative breeding. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 427, 53-64. doi:10.1016/j.jtbi.2017.05.038
Leggett, H. C., Wild, G., West, S. A., Buckling, A. 2017. Fast-killing parasites can be favoured in spatially structured populations. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 372, 1719. doi:10.1098/rstb.2016.0096
Wild, G., Caro, S. M., West, S. A. 2017. Signalling of information that is neither cryptic nor private. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 30, 806-813. doi:10.1111/jeb.13049
Koykka, C., Wild, G. 2016. Concessions, lifetime fitness consequences, and the evolution of coalitionary behavior. Behavioural Ecology, 28, 20-30. doi:10.1093/beheco/arw126
Koykka, C., Wild, G. 2015. The association between the emergence of cooperative breeding and clutch size. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 29, 58-76. doi:10.1111/jeb.12762
Dunn, J. D., Vujicic, T., Wild, G. 2015. Sex allocation and the emergence of helpling in cooperatively breeding species. Theoretical Population Biology, 104, 1-9. doi:10.1016/j.tpb.2015.06.006
Koykka, C., Wild, G. 2015. The evolution of dispersal with leaders and followers. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 371, 117-126. doi:10.1016/j.jtbi.2015.02.008
Ubeda, F., Patten, M. M., Wild, G. 2015. On the origin of sex chromosomes from meiotic drive. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B, 282, 20141932. doi:10.1098/rspb.2014.1932
McLeod, D. V., Wild, G. 2014. The relationship between ecology and the optimal helping strategy in cooperative breeders. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 354, 25-34. doi:10.1016/j.jtbi.2014.03.003
Wild, G., Koykka, C. 2014. The inclusive-fitness logic of cooperative breeding with benefits of natal philopatry. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, B, 369, 20130361. doi:10.1098/rstb.2013.0361
McLeod, D. V., Wild, G. 2013. Ecological constraints influence the emergence of cooperative breeding when population dynamics determine the fitness of helpers. Evolution, 67, 3221-3232. doi:10.1111/evo.12188
Bao, M., Wild, G. 2012. Reproductive skew can provide a net advantage in both conditional and unconditional social interactions. Theoretical Population Biology, 82, 200-208. doi:10.1016/j.tpb.2012.06.006
Asaduzzaman, S. M., Wild, G. 2012. The evolution of dispersal conditioned on migration status. Ecology and Evolution, 2, 822-843. doi:10.1002/ece3.99
Leggett, H., El Mouden, C., Wild, G., West, S. A. 2012. Promiscuity and the evolution of cooperative breeding. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 279, 1405-1411. doi:10.1098/rspb.2011.1627
Wild, G., Pizzari, T., West, S. A. 2011. Sexual conflict in viscous populations: the effect of the timing of dispersal. Theoretical Population Biology, 80, 298-316. doi:10.1016/j.tpb.2011.09.002
Wild, G. 2011. Direct fitness for dynamic kin selection. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 24: 1598-1610. doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02291.x
Gardner, A., West, S. A., Wild, G. 2011. The genetical theory of kin selection. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 24: 1020-1043. doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02236.x
Wild, G. 2011. Inclusive fitness from multitype branching processes. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 73: 1028-1051. doi:10.1007/s11538-010-9551-2
Wild, G., Gardner A., West, S. A. 2009. Adaptation and the evolution of parasite virulence in a connected world. Nature, 459: 983-986. doi:10.1038/nature08071 (see also comment by Wade et al., and our reply in Nature, 463: E9-E19 doi:10.1038/nature08810)
Wild, G., Fernandes, A. D. 2009. Investing in the public good through conditional phenotypes of large effect. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 22: 927-941. doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01711.x
Wild, G., West, S. A. 2009. Genomic imprinting and sex allocation. American Naturalist, 173: E1-E14. doi:10.1086/593305 [pdf]
Wild G. 2008. Toward evolutionary graphs with two sexes: a kin selection analysis of a sex allocation problem. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 21: 1428-1437. doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01561.x
Taylor, P. D., Day T., Wild, G. 2007. From inclusive fitness to fixation probabilities in homogeneous structured populations. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 249, 101-110. doi:10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.07.006
Wild, G., West, S. A. 2007. A sex allocation theory for vertebrates: combining local resource competition and condition-dependent allocation. American Naturalist, 170, E112-E128. doi:10.1086/522057 [pdf]
Taylor, P. D., Day, T., Wild, G. 2007. The evolution of cooperation on a finite homogeneous graph. Nature, 447: 469-472. doi:10.1038/nature05784
Hubbarde, J. E., Wild, G., Wahl, L. M. 2007. Estimating fixation probabilities when generation times are variable: the burst-death model. Genetics, 176: 1703-1712. doi:10.1534/genetics.107.072009
Wild, G., Costain, G., Day, T. 2007. An epidemiological context for the consequences of plasticity in host-pathogen interactions. Evolutionary Ecology Research, 9: 221-238. [pdf]
Wild, G., Traulsen, A. 2007. The different limits of weak selection and the evolutionary dynamics of finite populations. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 247: 382-390. doi:10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.03.015
Taylor, P. D., Wild, G., Gardner, A. 2007. Direct or inclusive fitness: how shall we model kin selection? Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 20: 301-309. doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2006.01196.x [pdf]
Wild, G. 2006. Sex ratios when helpers stay at the nest. Evolution, 60: 2012-2022. doi:10.1554/06-028.1
Wild, G., Taylor, P. D. 2006. Commentary-The economics of altruism and cooperation in class-structured populations: What's in a cost? What's in a benefit? Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 19: 1423-1425. doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2006.01120.x [pdf]
Wild, G., Greenwood-Lee, J., Taylor, P. D. 2006. Sex allocation and dispersal in a heterogeneous two-patch environment. Theoretical Population Biology, 70: 225-235. doi:10.1016/j.tpb.2005.10.002
Taylor, P. D., Day, T., Nagy, D., Wild, G., André, J-B., Gardner, A. 2006. The evolutionary consequence of plasticity in host-pathogen interactions. Theoretical Population Biology, 69: 323-331. doi:10.1016/j.tpb.2005.09.004
Wild, G., Taylor, P. D. 2005. A kin-selection approach to the resolution of a sex-ratio conflict between mates. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 236: 126-136. doi:10.1016/j.jtbi.2005.03.003
Wild, G., Taylor, P. D. 2004. Fitness and evolutionary stability in game theoretic models of finite populations. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 271: 2345-2349. doi:10.1098/rspb.2004.2862 [pdf]
Wild, G., Taylor, P. D. 2004. Kin selection models for the co-evolution of the sex ratio and sex-specific dispersal. Evolutionary Ecology Research, 6: 481-502. [pdf]
Bidochka, M. J., Kasperski, J. E., Wild, G. A. M. 1998. Occurrence of the entomopathogenic fungi Metarhizium anisopliae and Beauveria bassiana in near-northern habitats. Canadian Journal of Botany, 76: 1198-1204. doi:10.1139/b98-115
