West, Stuart A.

Social semantics: altruism, cooperation, mutualism, strong reciprocity and group selection.

WEST, S. A., GRIFFIN, A. S., & GARDNER, A. (2007) · Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Evolutionary Game Theory and CooperationAnimal Behavior and Reproduction

Cited by 1,889

Cooperation and competition in pathogenic bacteria

Griffin, A. S., West, S. A., & Buckling, A. (2004) · Nature

Evolutionary Game Theory and CooperationEvolution and Genetic Dynamics

Cited by 1,104

Major evolutionary transitions in individuality

West, S. A., Fisher, R. M., Gardner, A., & Kiers, E. T. (2015) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Evolution and Genetic DynamicsEvolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation

Cited by 431

Social semantics: how useful has group selection been?

WEST, S. A., GRIFFIN, A. S., & GARDNER, A. (2008) · Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Evolutionary Game Theory and CooperationEvolution and Genetic Dynamics

Cited by 191

Cooperation and the Scale of Competition in Humans

West, S. A., Gardner, A., Shuker, D. M., Reynolds, T., Burton-Chellow, M., Sykes, E. M., Guinnee, M. A., & Griffin, A. S. (2006) · Current Biology

Evolutionary Game Theory and CooperationExperimental Behavioral Economics Studies

Cited by 172

An experimental test of whether cheating is context dependent

Ghoul, M., West, S. A., Diggle, S. P., & Griffin, A. S. (2014) · Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Evolutionary Game Theory and CooperationBacterial biofilms and quorum sensing

Cited by 59

Bacterial lifestyle shapes pangenomes

Dewar, A. E., Hao, C., Belcher, L. J., Ghoul, M., & West, S. A. (2024) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Genomics and Phylogenetic StudiesEvolution and Genetic Dynamics

Cited by 57

Plasmids do not consistently stabilize cooperation across bacteria but may promote broad pathogen host-range

Dewar, A. E., Thomas, J. L., Scott, T. W., Wild, G., Griffin, A. S., West, S. A., & Ghoul, M. (2021) · Nature Ecology & Evolution

Evolutionary Game Theory and CooperationEvolution and Genetic Dynamics

Cited by 44

A phylogenetic approach to comparative genomics

Dewar, A. E., Belcher, L. J., & West, S. A. (2025) · Nature Reviews Genetics

Genomics and Phylogenetic StudiesChromosomal and Genetic Variations

Cited by 41

Kin selection for cooperation in natural bacterial populations

Belcher, L. J., Dewar, A. E., Ghoul, M., & West, S. A. (2022) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Evolutionary Game Theory and CooperationEvolution and Genetic Dynamics

Cited by 36

Sociomics: Using Omic Approaches to Understand Social Evolution

Ghoul, M., Andersen, S. B., & West, S. A. (2017) · Trends in Genetics

Insect and Arachnid Ecology and BehaviorAnimal Behavior and Reproduction

Cited by 24

SOCfinder: a genomic tool for identifying social genes in bacteria

Belcher, L. J., Dewar, A. E., Hao, C., Katz, Z., Ghoul, M., & West, S. A. (2023) · Microbial Genomics

Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensingGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Cited by 13

Genes for cooperation are not more likely to be carried by plasmids

Dewar, A. E., Belcher, L. J., Scott, T. W., & West, S. A. (2024) · Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Evolutionary Game Theory and CooperationBacterial Genetics and Biotechnology

Cited by 3