A fundamental goal in infection biology is to understand the emergence of variation in pathogen virulence—here defined as the decrease in host fitness caused by a pathogen. To uncover the sources of s
While microbial communities in the human body (microbiota) are now commonly associated with health and disease in Industrialised populations, we know very little about how these communities co-evolved
Oxytocin is an endogenous neuropeptide hormone that influences social behaviour and bonding in mammals. Variations in oxytocin receptor (OXTR) expression may play a role in the social deficits seen in
