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SUMMARY:Social learning? So what! Looking for evolutionary consequences of
  social information use. - Rose Thorogood (University of Cambridge and Uni
 versity of Helsinki)
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CONTACT:Dr. Kiyoko Gotanda
DESCRIPTION:The study of social transmission in the wild – where animals
  alter their behaviour after observing the behaviour of others – is boom
 ing. Examples exist from whales to birds to bees\, and we now know that so
 cial information spreads and shapes behaviour even in model organisms such
  as Drosophila. This suggests that social transmission could be a widespre
 ad and potent force in altering how populations respond to changing condit
 ions\, including their interactions with other species. Theoretical and ve
 rbal discussions suggest that this might even require extending the modern
  evolutionary synthesis\; nevertheless\, our understanding of how vertical
  and horizontal transmission of non-genetic information mediates selection
  and shapes evolutionary trajectories remains limited. Here I’ll present
  some empirical examples from my group where we are exploring how consider
 ing social transmission of behaviour can resolve co-evolutionary puzzles\,
  and perhaps even have applied outcomes for conservation.
LOCATION:Part II Lecture Theatre\, Department of Zoology \, Downing Street
 \, CB2 3EJ
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