STEPHEN C STEARNS
Biographic Data
| ID | 8946270 |
|---|---|
| NAME | STEPHEN C STEARNS |
| GIVEN NAMES | STEPHEN C |
| FAMILY NAME | STEARNS |
| SIGNATURE | STEARNS S C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Edward P Bass Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Evolutionary Medicine
Evolutionary medicine covers all areas of medical research and practice in which evolutionary insights provide added value. Core concepts include mismatch, trade-offs, and the systems perspective. Important insights include the nature of sick persons and of diseases. Major themes are the evolution of aging; pathogen emergence and evolution, including resistance and virulence; the roles of the microbiota in health and disease; cancer, both the evo…
On the use of “life history theory” in evolutionary psychology
Issues in evolutionary medicine
This paper illustrates the utility of applying evolutionary thought to medical issues with three examples: selection arenas, aging, and tradeoffs. First, the human female reproductive tract functions as a selection arena at two levels: in the ovaries, where atresia reduces the number of oocytes by more than 99.99% before any are ovulated, and in the uterus, where early embryos homozygous for immune genes are spontaneously aborted. These selective…
Life-History Tactics
This review organizes ideas on the evolution of life histories. The key life-history traits are brood size, size of young, the age distribution of reproductive effort, the interaction of reproductive effort with adult mortality, and the variation in these traits among an individual's progeny. The general theoretical problem is to predict which combinations of traits will evolve in organisms living in specified circumstances. First consider single…
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Life-History Tactics
This review organizes ideas on the evolution of life histories. The key life-history traits are brood size, size of young, the age distribution of reproductive effort, the interaction of reproductive effort with adult mortality, and the variation in these traits among an individual's progeny. The general theoretical problem is to predict which combinations of traits will evolve in organisms living in specified circumstances. First consider single…
Issues in evolutionary medicine
This paper illustrates the utility of applying evolutionary thought to medical issues with three examples: selection arenas, aging, and tradeoffs. First, the human female reproductive tract functions as a selection arena at two levels: in the ovaries, where atresia reduces the number of oocytes by more than 99.99% before any are ovulated, and in the uterus, where early embryos homozygous for immune genes are spontaneously aborted. These selective…
On the use of “life history theory” in evolutionary psychology
Evolutionary Medicine
Evolutionary medicine covers all areas of medical research and practice in which evolutionary insights provide added value. Core concepts include mismatch, trade-offs, and the systems perspective. Important insights include the nature of sick persons and of diseases. Major themes are the evolution of aging; pathogen emergence and evolution, including resistance and virulence; the roles of the microbiota in health and disease; cancer, both the evo…
Biology (3 works) · Demography (2 works) · Evolutionary biology (2 works) · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (2 works) · Life history theory (2 works) · Population (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Animal Behavior and Reproduction (1 work) · Biological Evolution (1 work) · Brood (1 work)