Andy Young
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Andy Young
@andyyoung.bsky.social
Evolutionary Biologist - Social Evolution & Ageing (animalsocieties.org)
Study sparrow-weavers, badgers & microbes @ #ExeterCEC in Cornwall UK
Director MSc Evolutionary & Behavioural Ecology #ExeterGSES
Rock climber, sea kayaker, father of twins
Hi there - thanks a lot for running this feed. Please could I be added? I'm an evolutionary biologist at University of Exeter, UK...

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Thanks!
November 17, 2023 at 1:53 PM
3/3 Why cool? Means helpers in cooperative breeders (e.g. us) could have cryptic maternally-mediated beneficial effects on pre-natal development of young. Our data implicate help not group size effect as mat reaction norms to *female* helpers, who work twice as hard as males (tinyurl.com/38kv8jp2)
November 17, 2023 at 9:27 AM
2/3 We show helpers reduce mum's post-natal workload (see pic) – may allow mums to invest > in egg (which only mums can do). And/or: We know helpers increase overall nestling feeding rate (tinyurl.com/38kv8jp2) - may increase mum's benefit from investing in the egg. Or: not adaptive (modest effect!)
November 17, 2023 at 9:26 AM
November 16, 2023 at 2:46 PM
Hey Steve - v cool! Will use in my nervous system evolution lectures : ) Was hunting in the paper for a neat plot of the data showing gymnogenes as an outlier. I see that I can make one from S1b table, but thought I'd ask in case you have a flashy one from the original submission. Thanks!
November 15, 2023 at 1:56 PM
Hi there! Please could I be added to the feed. I'm an evolutionary biologist.... biosciences.exeter.ac.uk/staff/profil...
November 15, 2023 at 10:46 AM
@ethanfreedman.bsky.social Can I be added to the feed please? Thanks for working on this!
November 15, 2023 at 10:24 AM
Thanks B! #evolsky you say. I need to get dialled in to some of that!
November 15, 2023 at 8:55 AM