The transmission sense of information
C. T. Bergstrom and M. Rosvall
Biology and Philosophy. 26: 159-176. Published online October 2009. Also arXiv:0810.4168v1 [q-bio.PE].
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Response to commentaries on "The Transmission Sense of Information"
C. T. Bergstrom and M. Rosvall
Biology and Philosophy 26: 195-200
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This paper responds to commentaries by
Shea,
Maclaurin, and
Godfrey-Smith.
Multilevel compression of random walks on networks reveals hierarchical organization in large integrated systems
M. Rosvall and C. T. Bergstrom
PLoS One
6: e18209. Also arXiv:1010.0431
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2010
The Eigenfactor MetricsTM: A network approach to assessing scholarly journals
J. D. West, T. C. Bergstrom, and C. T. Bergstrom
College and Research Libraries
71:236-244
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Use ranking to help search
C. T. Bergstrom
Nature 465: 870.
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Response to Big Macs and Eigenfactor
Scores: The Correlation Conundrum
J. D. West, T. C. Bergstrom, and C. T. Bergstrom
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 61:2592
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Big Macs and Eigenfactor Scores: Don't Let Correlation Coefficients Fool You
J. D. West, T. C. Bergstrom, and C. T. Bergstrom
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 61:1800-1807 . Also arXiv:0911.1807
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The map equation
M. Rosvall, D. Axelsson, and C. T. Bergstrom
European Journal of Physics 178:13-23. Also arXiv:0906.1405v1 [physics.soc-ph]
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The fitness value of information
M. C. Donaldson-Matasci, C. T. Bergstrom, and M. Lachmann
Oikos 119: 219-230.
This replaces Bergstrom and Lachmann 2005 arXiv q-bio/0510007
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Mapping Change in Large Networks
M. Rosvall and C. T. Bergstrom
PLoS One 5: e8694. Also arXiv:0812.1242 [physics.soc-ph]
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A public choice framework for controlling transmissible and evolving diseases
B. M. Althouse, T. C. Bergstrom, and C. T. Bergstrom
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 107: 1696-1701.
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Making evolutionary biology a basic science for medicine
R. Nesse, C. T. Bergstrom, P. T. Ellison, J. S. Flier, P. Gluckman, D. R. Govindaraju, D. Niethammer, G. S. Omenn, R. L. Perlman, M. D. Schwartz, M. G. Thomas, S. C. Stearns, and D. Valle
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 107: 1800-1807.
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2009
Dealing with deception in biology
C. T. Bergstrom
In B. Harrington, ed.
Deception: methods, motives, contexts & consequences.
Stanford University Press
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The Eigenfactor Metrics: How the Journal of Biological Chemistry stacks up
J. D. West, M. Stefaner, and C. T. Bergstrom
ASBMB Today
April: 20-21
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2008
Differences in impact factor across fields and over time
B. M. Althouse, J. D. West, C. T. Bergstrom, and T. Bergstrom
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
60: 27-34
Also arXiv:0804.3116v1 [physics.soc-ph]
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Assessing citations with the EigenfactorTM Metrics
C. T. Bergstrom and J. D. West
Neurology
71: 1850-1851
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The EigenfactorTM Metrics
C. T. Bergstrom, J. D. West, and M. A. Wiseman
Journal of Neuroscience
28: 11433-11434
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Phenotypic diversity as an adaptation to environmental uncertainty
M. Donaldson-Matasci, M. Lachmann, and C. T. Bergstrom
Evolutionary Ecology Research
10: 493-515
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An evolutionary biologist considers the virulence of emerging infectious diseases
C. T. Bergstrom
Nature
453: 261
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Note: This is a short commentary about an important paper by
Bull and Ebert (2008) in the inaugural issue of
Evolutionary Applications.
Maps of random walks on complex networks reveal community structure
M. Rosvall and C. T. Bergstrom
Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences USA. 105:1118-1123
Also arXiv physics.soc-ph/0707.0609v3
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Building trust by wasting time
C. T. Bergstrom, B. Kerr, and M. Lachmann
In P. Zak, ed.
Moral Markets: The Critical Role of Values in the Economy.
Princeton University Press
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The ecology and evolution of antibiotic-resistant bacteria
C. T. Bergstrom and M. Feldgarden
In S. Stearns and J. Koella, eds.,
Evolution in Health and Disease, Second Edition.
Oxford University Press
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2007
Little Evidence for Genetic Susceptibility to Influenza A (H5N1) from Family Clustering Data
V. E. Pitzer, S. J. Olsen, C.
T. Bergstrom, S. F. Dowell, and M. Lipsitch
Emerging Infectious Diseases,
13: 1074-1076
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Eigenfactor: Measuring the value and prestige of
scholarly journals
C. T. Bergstrom
C&RL News
68(5)
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An information-theoretic
framework for resolving community structure in
complex networks
M. Rosvall and C. T. Bergstrom
Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences USA
104:7327-7331
Also arXiv physics/0612035
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The evolution of functionally
referential meaning in a structured world
M. C. Donaldson and M. Lachmann
and C. T. Bergstrom
Journal of Theoretical Biology
246:225-233
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On the Evolutionary Origin of Aging
M. Ackermann, L. Chao, C. T.
Bergstrom, and M. Doebeli
Aging Cell
6:235-244
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Antibiotic Resistance and Hospital-Acquired Infection
C. T. Bergstrom
In R. Nesse, ed.,
Evolution and Medicine: How New Applications Advance Research and Practice
Henry Stewart Talks Ltd., London
2006
The economics of ecology journals
C. T. Bergstrom and T. C. Bergstrom
Frontiers in Ecology
and the Environment
4:488-495
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Evolution lessons from infectious diseases
C. T. Bergstrom and M. Lipsitch
Geotimes, March 2006
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Pandemic Influenza: Risk of Multiple Introductions and the Need to Prepare for Them
C. E. Mills, J. M. Robins, C. T. Bergstrom, and M. Lipsitch
PLoS Medicine
3:6
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How do adaptive immune systems control pathogens while avoiding autoimmunity?
C. T. Bergstrom and R. Antia
Trends in Ecology and Evolution
21:22-28
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Letter: Multiple Outbreaks and Flu Containment Plans
M. Lipsitch, J. M. Robins, C. E. Mills, and C. T. Bergstrom
Science
312:845
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2005
Preparation H5N1
M. Lipsitch and C. T. Bergstrom
The New Republic
November 4th
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Evolution in action: Understanding Antibiotic Resistance
D. Genereux and C. T. Bergstrom
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On RNA interference as template immunity
C. T. Bergstrom and R. Antia
Journal of Biosciences
30:101-103
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A population-epigenetic model to infer
site-specific methylation rates from double-stranded DNA
methylation patterns.
D. P. Genereux and B. E. Miner and C. T. Bergstrom
and C. D. Laird
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA
102:5802-5807
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2004
The disadvantage of combinatorial communication
M. Lachmann and C. T. Bergstrom
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B
271: 2337-2343
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Shannon information and biological fitness
C. T. Bergstrom and M. Lachmann
Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Information Theoery
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Real-Time Tracking of Control Measures for
Emerging Infections
M. Lipsitch and C. T. Bergstrom
American Journal of Epidemiology
160: 517-519
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Note: This editorial addresses the excellent paper by
Wallinga and Teunis (2004) in the same volume. See also the original authors'
reply to our piece.
Ecological theory suggests that antimicrobial
cycling will not reduce antimicrobial resistance in hospitals
C. T. Bergstrom, M. Lo, and M. Lipsitch
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA
101: 13285-13290
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Can 'author pays' journals compete with 'reader pays'?
T. C. Bergstrom and C. T. Bergstrom
Nature web focus on Open
Access publishing.
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The costs and benefits of library site licenses to academic journals.
C. T. Bergstrom and T. C. Bergstrom
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA
101:897-902.
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2003
The role of evolution in the emergence of infectious diseases
R. Antia, R. R. Regoes, J. C. Koella, and C. T. Bergstrom.
Nature
426:658-661
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Mathematical models of RNA silencing: Unidirectional
amplification limits accidental self-directed reactions
C. T. Bergstrom, E. K. McKittrick, and R. Antia
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA
100:11511-11516
The evolution of mutator genes in bacterial populations:
The roles of environmental change and timing
M. M. Tanaka, C. T. Bergstrom, and B. R. Levin
Genetics
164:843-854
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The Red King effect: Evolutionary rates and the division
of surpluses in mutualisms.
C. T. Bergstrom and M. Lachmann.
Chapter 12 in P. Hammerstein, ed.,
Genetic and Cultural Evolution of Cooperation.
Cambridge: MIT Press.
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Interspecific mutualism: Puzzles and predictions
C. T. Bergstrom, J. L. Bronstein, R. Bshary, R. C. Connor,
M. Daly, S. A. Frank, H. Gintis, L. Keller, O. Leimar, R. Noe,
and D. C. Queller
Chapter 13 in P. Hammerstein, ed.,
Genetic and Cultural Evolution of Cooperation.
Cambridge: MIT Press.
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Models of CD8+ responses. 1. What is the antigen-independent
proliferation program?
R. Antia, C. T. Bergstrom, S. Pilyugin, S. M. Kaech,
and R. Ahmed
Journal of Theoretical Biology
221:585-598
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Effect of human leukocyte antigen heterozygosity on
infectious disease outcome: The need for allele-specific measures
M. Lipsitch, C. T. Bergstrom and R. Antia
BMC Medical Genetics
4:2
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The Red King Effect: When the slowest runner wins the
coevolutionary race
C. T. Bergstrom and M. Lachmann
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA
100: 593-598
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2002
Separating equilibria in continuous signalling games
C. T. Bergstrom, Sz. Szamado, and M. Lachmann
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of
London Series B
357: 1595-1606
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Addendum: a
better intuitive
explanation for the proof of main proposition in this paper.
Within-host population dynamics and the evolution of microparasites
in a heterogeneous host population
V. V. Ganusov, C. T. Bergstrom, and R. Antia
Evolution
56:213-223.
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Modeling of antibiotic resistance in the ICU - U.S. slant
Lipsitch, M. and C. T. Bergstrom
Chapter 19 in R. A. Weinstein and M. Bonten, eds.,
Infection control in the ICU environment. Kluwer.
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2001
Cost and conflict in animal signals and human language
M. Lachmann, Sz. Szamado, and C. T. Bergstrom
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA.
98:13189-13194
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Note: "Cost and conflict" is a combination of two earlier
Santa Fe Institute Working Papers,
#01-05-27, "The peacock, the
sparrow, and the evolution of human language," and
#00-12-74, "The death of costly signalling?".
Alarm calls as costly signals of anti-predator vigilance:
The Watchful Babbler game.
Bergstrom C. T. and M. Lachmann
Animal Behaviour
61:535-543
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2000
Natural selection, infectious transfer, and the existence
conditions for bacterial plasmids
C. T. Bergstrom, M. Lipsitch, and B. R. Levin.
Genetics
155
:1505-1519.
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Bacteria are different: Observations, interpretations,
speculations, and opinions about the mechanisms of adaptive
evolution in prokaryotes
B. R. Levin and C. T. Bergstrom
Proceedings of the National Academy of
the Sciences USA
97:6981-6985
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Toward a theory of mutual mate choice: Lessons from
two-sided matching
Bergstrom, C. T. and L. A. Real
Evolutionary Ecology Research
2
:493-508.
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The epidemiology of antibiotic resistance in
hospitals: Paradoxes and prescriptions
Lipsitch, M., C. T. Bergstrom, and B. R. Levin.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA
97:1938-1943
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1999
Does Mother Nature Punish Rotten Kids?
Bergstrom, C. T. and T. C. Bergstrom
Journal of Bioeconomics
1:47-72
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Transmission bottlenecks as determinants of virulence in rapidly
evolving pathogens.
Bergstrom, C. T., P. McElhany, and
L. A. Real.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA
96:5095-5100
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Risky business: Sexual and asexual reproduction in variable
environments
Robson, A. J., C. T. Bergstrom, and J. K. Pritchard.
Journal of Theoretical Biology
197:541-556
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1998
Pure versus mixed strategists: the evolution of behavioral
heterogeneity in individuals and populations.
Bergstrom, C. T. and P. Godfrey-Smith.
Biology and Philosophy
13:205-231
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Germline bottlenecks and the evolutionary maintenance of
mitochondrial genomes
Bergstrom, C. T. and J. K. Pritchard
Genetics
149:2135-2146
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Signalling Among Relatives. III. Talk is cheap.
Bergstrom, C. T. and M. Lachmann
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA
95: 5100-5105
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Signalling Among Relatives. II. Beyond the Tower of Babel.
Lachmann, M and C. T. Bergstrom
Theoretical Population Biology
54:146-160
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1997
Signalling Among Relatives. I. When is signalling too costly?
Bergstrom, C. T. and M. Lachmann
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of
London, Series B,
352:609-617.
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1995
Multiple Mating, Sperm Competition,
and Meiotic Drive
Haig, D. and C. T. Bergstrom
Journal of Evolutionary Biology
8:265-282.
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