List of the group's publications. 2025Evolvability: Progress and Key Questions. Pélabon, C., C.; Agudelo-Cantero, G. A.; Araya-Ajoy, Y.G. et al. BioScience, Vol. 75, No. 12, biaf111, 12.2025, p. 1042-1057.Simple maternal effect animal models may provide biased estimates of additive genetic and maternal variation.Pick, Joel; Walling, Craig A.; Kruuk, Loeske E. B.Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Vol. 38, No. 11, voaf104, 11.2025, p. 1556–1572.Fluctuating selection among years in a wild insect. Rodríguez-Muñoz, Rolando; Hopwood, Paul E; Slate, Jon et al. Evolution, Vol. 79, No. 6, qpaf042, 01.06.2025, p. 973–982. 2023 A polygenic basis for birth weight in a wild population of red deer (Cervus elaphus). Gauzere, Julie; Pemberton, Josephine M; Slate, Jon et al.G3. Genes|Genomes|Genetics, Vol. 13, No. 4, jkad018, 04.2023. 2022 Maternal effects do not resolve the paradox of stasis in birth weight in a wild mammal. Gauzere, Julie; Pemberton, Josephine M; Kruuk, Loeske et al. Evolution: International Journal of Organic Evolution, Vol. 76, No. 11, 01.11.2022, p. 2605-2617.Larval diet affects adult reproduction, but not survival, independent of the effect of injury and infection in Drosophila melanogaster. Savola, Eevi; Vale, Pedro; Walling, Craig. Journal of Insect Physiology, Vol. 142, 104428, 01.10.2022.Vector control: Agents of selection on malaria parasites? Oke, Catherine E.; Ingham, Victoria A.; Walling, Craig A. et al. Trends in Parasitology, Vol. 38, No. 10, 01.10.2022, p. 890-903. 2021 The role of maternally-transferred antibodies in maternal performance in red deer. Gauzere, Julie; Walling, Craig A; Pick, Joel et al. Ecology Letters, 10.07.2021. 2020 Testing evolutionary explanations for the lifespan benefit of dietary restriction in fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster). Savola, Eevi; Montgomery, Clara; Waldron, Ferghal et al. Evolution: International Journal of Organic Evolution, 15.12.2020. Lifespan extension via dietary restriction: Time to reconsider the evolutionary mechanisms? Moatt, Joshua; Savola, Eevi; Regan, Jenny et al. BioEssays, 08.07.2020. The genetic architecture of maternal effects across ontogeny in the red deer. Gauzere, Julie; Pemberton, Josephine; Morris, Sean et al. Evolution: International Journal of Organic Evolution, Vol. 74, No. 7, 01.07.2020, p. 1378-1391. The ‘algebra of evolution’: The Robertson–Price identity and viability selection for body mass in a wild bird population. Hajduk, G. K.; Walling, C. A.; Cockburn, A. et al. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Vol. 375, No. 1797, 27.04.2020. 2019 Dietary restriction and insulin‐like signalling pathways as adaptive plasticity: A synthesis and re‐evaluation. Regan, Jenny; Froy, H; Walling, Craig et al. Functional Ecology, Vol. 34, No. 1, 23.07.2019.Older males attract more females but get fewer matings in a wild field cricket. Rodríguez-Muñoz, Rolando; Hopwood, Paul; Fisher, David et al. Animal Behaviour, Vol. 153, 23.05.2019, p. 1-14.~Reconciling nutritional geometry with classical dietary restriction: Effects of nutrient intake, not calories, on survival and reproduction. Moatt, Joshua; Fyfe, Murray A.; Heap, Elizabeth et al. Aging Cell, Vol. 18, No. 1, e12868, 01.02.2019. 2018 Estimating selection on the act of inbreeding in a population with strong inbreeding depression. Troianou, Eva; Huisman, Jisca; Pemberton, Josephine M. et al. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Vol. 31, No. 12, 16.10.2018, p. 1815-1827.Inbreeding, inbreeding depression and infidelity in a cooperatively-breeding bird. Hajduk, Gabriela K.; Cockburn, Andrew; Margraf, Nicolas et al. Evolution: International Journal of Organic Evolution, 15.05.2018.Global phenological insensitivity to shifting ocean temperatures among seabirds. Keogan, Katharine; Daunt, Francis; Wanless, Sarah et al. Nature Climate Change, Vol. 8, No. 4, 02.04.2018, p. 313-318.The relationship between telomere length and mortality risk in non-model vertebrate systems: A meta-analysis. Wilbourn, Rachael; Moatt, Joshua; Froy, Hannah et al. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Vol. 373, No. 1741, 20160447, 05.03.2018.Phenotypic and genetic integration of personality and growth under competition in the sheepshead swordtail, Xiphophorus birchmanni. Boulton, K; Walling, C A; Grimmer, A J et al Evolution: International Journal of Organic Evolution, Vol. 72, No. 1, 01.2018, p. 187-201. Earlier Publications (2017–2004) 2017–2014 2017 Body macronutrient composition is predicted by lipid and not protein content of the diet. Moatt, Joshua; Hambly, Catherine ; Heap, Elizabeth et al. Ecology and Evolution, Vol. 7, No. 23, 12.2017, p. 10056–10065.Measuring selection for genes that promote long life in a historical human population. Moorad, Jacob; Walling, Craig. Nature Ecology & Evolution, Vol. 1, No. 11, 01.11.2017, p. 1773-1781. 2016 The effect of dietary restriction on reproduction: a meta-analytic perspective. Moatt, Joshua; Nakagawa, Shinichi; Lagisz, Malgorzata et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology, Vol. 16, No. 199, 07.10.2016.Relative costs of offspring sex and offspring survival in a polygynous mammal. Walling, Craig; Froy, Hannah; Pemberton, Josephine et al. Biology letters, Vol. 12, No. 9, 20160417, 06.09.2016.Erratum: Transcriptomes of parents identify parenting strategies and sexual conflict in a subsocial beetle. Parker, Darren J.; Cunningham, Christopher B.; Walling, Craig A. et al. Nature Communications, Vol. 7, 11737, 27.05.2016.Sex-specific plasticity and genotype x sex interactions for age and size of maturity in the sheepshead swordtail, Xiphophorus birchmanni. Boulton, Kay; Rosenthal, Gil G; Grimmer, Andrew J et al. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Vol. 29, No. 3, 03.2016, p. 645-656.Testosterone and cortisol concentrations vary with reproductive status in wild female red deer. Pavitt, Alyson T.; Pemberton, Josephine; Kruuk, Loeske et al. Ecology and Evolution, Vol. 6, 02.2016, p. 1163–1172. 2015 Transcriptomes of parents identify parenting strategies and sexual conflict in a subsocial beetle. Parker, Darren J.; Cunningham, Christopher B.; Walling, Craig A. et al. Nature Communications, Vol. 6, 8449, 29.09.2015.Cortisol but not testosterone is repeatable and varies with reproductive effort in wild red deer stags. Pavitt, Alyson T.; Walling, Craig A.; Möstl, Erich et al. General And Comparative Endocrinology, 23.07.2015.How integrated are behavioral and endocrine stress response traits? A repeated measures approach to testing the stress-coping style model. Boulton, Kay; Couto, Elsa; Grimmer, Andrew J. et al. Ecology and Evolution, Vol. 5, No. 3, 02.2015, p. 618–633. 2014 Heritability and cross-sex genetic correlations of early-life circulating testosterone levels in a wild mammal. Pavitt, A. T.; Walling, C. A.; Pemberton, J. M. et al. Biology letters, Vol. 10, No. 11, 26.11.2014, p. 20140685-20140685.Variation in early-life testosterone within a wild population of red deer. Pavitt, Alyson T.; Walling, Craig A.; Mcneilly, Alan S. et al. Functional Ecology, Vol. 28, No. 5, 10.2014, p. 1224–1234.How stable are personalities? A multivariate view of behavioural variation over long and short timescales in the sheepshead swordtail, Xiphophorus birchmanni. Boulton, Kay; Grimmer, Andrew J.; Rosenthal, Gil G. et al. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Vol. 68, No. 5, 05.2014, p. 791-803.The Heritability of Mating Behaviour in a Fly and Its Plasticity in Response to the Threat of Sperm Competition. Bretman, Amanda; Lize, Anne; Walling, Craig A. et al. PLoS ONE, Vol. 9, No. 2, 90236, 25.02.2014.A multivariate analysis of genetic constraints to life history evolution in a wild population of red deer. Walling, Craig A.; Morrissey, Michael B.; Foerster, Katharina et al. Genetics, Vol. 198, No. 4, 01.01.2014, p. 1735-1749. 2013–2010 2012 Shared Spatial Effects on Quantitative Genetic Parameters: Accounting for Spatial Autocorrelation and Home Range Overlap Reduces Estimates of Heritability in Wild Red Deer. Stopher, Katie V.; Walling, Craig A.; Morris, Alison et al. Evolution: International Journal of Organic Evolution, Vol. 66, No. 8, 08.2012, p. 2411-2426.Inbreeding and inbreeding depression of early life traits in a cooperative mammal. Nielsen, Johanna F.; English, Sinead; Goodall-Copestake, Will P. et al. Molecular Ecology, Vol. 21, No. 11, 06.2012, p. 2788-2804.Genetic Analysis of Life-History Constraint and Evolution in a Wild Ungulate Population. Morrissey, Michael B.; Walling, Craig A.; Wilson, Alastair J. et al. The American Naturalist, Vol. 179, No. 4, 30.04.2012, p. E97-E114. 2011 Inbreeding depression in red deer calves. Walling, Craig A.; Nussey, Daniel H.; Morris, Alison et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology, Vol. 11, 318, 31.10.2011Erratum: An ecologist's guide to the animal model. Wilson, Alastair J.; Reale, Denis; Clements, Michelle N. et al. Journal of Animal Ecology, Vol. 80, No. 5, 30.09.2011, p. 1109-1109.Fine-scale population structure, inbreeding risk and avoidance in a wild insect population. Bretman, Amanda; Rodriguez-Munoz, Rolando; Walling, Craig et al. Molecular Ecology, Vol. 20, No. 14, 30.07.2011, p. 3045-3055.Indirect genetics effects and evolutionary constraint: an analysis of social dominance in red deer, Cervus elaphus. Wilson, A. J.; Morrissey, M. B.; Adams, M. J. et al. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Vol. 24, No. 4, 30.04.2011, p. 772-783.The influence of maternal effects on indirect benefits associated with polyandry. House, Clarissa M.; Bleakley, Bronwyn H.; Walling, Craig A. et al. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, Vol. 278, No. 1709, 22.04.2011, p. 1177-1182. 2010 Natural and Sexual Selection in a Wild Insect Population. Rodriguez-Munoz, R.; Bretman, A.; Slate, J. et al. Science, Vol. 328, No. 5983, 04.06.2010, p. 1269-1272.Comparing parentage inference software: reanalysis of a red deer pedigree. Walling, Craig A.; Pemberton, Josephine M.; Hadfield, Jarrod D. et al. Molecular Ecology, Vol. 19, No. 9, 05.2010, p. 1914-1928Do female association preferences predict the likelihood of reproduction? Walling, Craig A.; Royle, Nick J.; Lindstrom, Jan et al. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Vol. 64, No. 4, 03.2010, p. 541-548.An ecologist's guide to the animal model. Wilson, Alastair J.; Reale, Denis; Clements, Michelle N. et al. Journal of Animal Ecology, Vol. 79, No. 1, 01.2010, p. 13-26. 2009–2004 2009 Females benefit from multiple mating but not multiple mates in the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides.House, C. M.; Walling, C. A.; Stamper, C. E. et al. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Vol. 22, No. 9, 09.2009, p. 1961-1966.Experience does not alter alternative mating tactics in the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides.Walling, Craig A.; Stamper, Clare E.; Salisbury, Claire L. et al. Behavioral Ecology, Vol. 20, No. 1, 31.01.2009, p. 153-159. 2008 The quantitative genetics of sex differences in parenting. Walling, Craig A.; Stamper, Clare E.; Smiseth, Per T. et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Vol. 105, No. 47, 25.11.2008, p. 18430-18435.Experience-induced preference for short-sworded males in the green swordtail, Xiphophorus helleri. Walling, Craig A.; Royle, Nick J.; Lindstroem, Jan et al. Animal Behaviour, Vol. 76, 08.2008, p. 271-276.The evolution of repeated mating in the burying beetle, Nicrophorus vespilloides. House, Clarissa M.; Evans, Gethin M. V.; Smiseth, Per T. et al. Evolution: International Journal of Organic Evolution, Vol. 62, No. 8, 08.2008, p. 2004-2014. 2007 Early nutritional conditions, growth trajectories and mate choice: does compensatory growth lead to a reduction in adult sexual attractiveness? Walling, Craig A.; Royle, Nick J.; Metcalfe, Neil B. et al. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Vol. 61, No. 7, 05.2007, p. 1007-1014.Green swordtails alter their age at maturation in response to the population level of male ornamentation. Walling, Craig A.; Royle, Nick J.; Metcalfe, Neil B. et al. Biology letters, Vol. 3, No. 2, 22.04.2007, p. 144-146. 2004 Predator inspection behaviour in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus): body size, local predation pressure and cooperation. Walling, Craig A.; Royle, Nick J.; Metcalfe, Neil B. et al. Biology letters, Vol. 3, No. 2, 22.04.2007, p. 144-146. This article was published on Thursday 20 August 2026
