Reuniting #philosophy and #science to advance #cancer #research

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"One important way forward in service of a more successful dialogue is through greater integration of applied sciences (experimental and clinical) with conceptual and theoretical approaches, informed by philosophical methods"

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/brv.12971

Mechanisms of #group-#hunting in #vertebrates

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"Identification of several novel group-hunting mechanisms which are largely untested, particularly under field conditions, and highlight of a range of potential study organisms that are amenable to experimental testing of these mechanisms in connection with tracking technology"

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/brv.12973

Understanding ‘it depends’ in #ecology: a guide to #hypothesising, #visualising and #interpreting #statistical #interactions

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"Two fundamental properties of interactions are often overlooked during the process of analysing interactions between drivers: the measurement scale and the symmetry. Overlooking these properties can lead to three inferential errors"

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/brv.12939

Darwinian immunity
Lamarckian immunity
Shotgun immunity

An evolutionary perspective on the systems of adaptive immunity #BiologicalReviews

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/brv.12355