Deborah E. Shelton

420 total citations
13 papers, 211 citations indexed

About

Deborah E. Shelton is a scholar working on Genetics, Sociology and Political Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Deborah E. Shelton has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 211 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Genetics, 7 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 4 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Deborah E. Shelton's work include Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (9 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (7 papers) and Marine animal studies overview (2 papers). Deborah E. Shelton is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (9 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (7 papers) and Marine animal studies overview (2 papers). Deborah E. Shelton collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Russia. Deborah E. Shelton's co-authors include Richard E. Michod, Armin Rashidi, Matthew D. Herron, William W. Driscoll, Bernd Würsig and Odile Maliet and has published in prestigious journals such as Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society and Journal of Theoretical Biology.

In The Last Decade

Deborah E. Shelton

12 papers receiving 204 citations

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Deborah E. Shelton
Abrams Canada
Marco Plebani Switzerland
Adriana Alzate Netherlands
Heidi Eager United Kingdom
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All Works

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Shelton, Deborah E. & Richard E. Michod. (2020). Group and individual selection during evolutionary transitions in individuality: meanings and partitions. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 375(1797). 20190364–20190364. 15 indexed citations
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Shelton, Deborah E., et al.. (2017). Generation time and fitness tradeoffs during the evolution of multicellularity. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 430. 92–102. 7 indexed citations
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Shelton, Deborah E., et al.. (2016). Models of cell division initiation in Chlamydomonas: A challenge to the consensus view. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 412. 186–197. 1 indexed citations
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Rashidi, Armin, Deborah E. Shelton, & Richard E. Michod. (2015). A Darwinian approach to the origin of life cycles with group properties. Theoretical Population Biology. 102. 76–84. 4 indexed citations
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Maliet, Odile, Deborah E. Shelton, & Richard E. Michod. (2015). A model for the origin of group reproduction during the evolutionary transition to multicellularity. Biology Letters. 11(6). 18 indexed citations
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Shelton, Deborah E. & Richard E. Michod. (2014). Levels of selection and the formal Darwinism project. Biology & Philosophy. 29(2). 217–224. 3 indexed citations
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Shelton, Deborah E. & Richard E. Michod. (2014). Group Selection and Group Adaptation During a Major Evolutionary Transition: Insights from the Evolution of Multicellularity in the Volvocine Algae. Biological Theory. 9(4). 452–469. 27 indexed citations
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Herron, Matthew D., Armin Rashidi, Deborah E. Shelton, & William W. Driscoll. (2013). Cellular differentiation and individuality in the ‘minor’ multicellular taxa. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 88(4). 844–861. 69 indexed citations
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Shelton, Deborah E.. (2013). The Shifting Role of Cell Division During an Evolutionary Transition to Multicellular-Level Individuality. UA Campus Repository (The University of Arizona). 2 indexed citations
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Shelton, Deborah E., et al.. (2012). Distributions of reproductive and somatic cell numbers in diverse Volvox (Chlorophyta) species.. PubMed. 14. 707–727. 11 indexed citations
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Shelton, Deborah E. & Richard E. Michod. (2009). Philosophical foundations for the hierarchy of life. Biology & Philosophy. 25(3). 391–403. 9 indexed citations
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Shelton, Deborah E., et al.. (2007). Dusky dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) feeding tactics and multi‐species associations. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 41(4). 391–400. 43 indexed citations
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Shelton, Deborah E.. (2007). Dusky dolphins in New Zealand: group structure by sex and relatedness. OakTrust (Texas A&M University Libraries). 2 indexed citations

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