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Stephen Curtis Stearns, Ph.D. - Publications

Affiliations: 
1978-1983 Reed College, Portland, OR 
 1983-2000 Universität Basel, Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland 
 2000- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Yale University, New Haven, CT 
Area:
Evolution
Website:
http://www.eeb.yale.edu/stearns/index.htm
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Year Citation  Score
2020 Stearns SC, Rodrigues AMM. On the use of “life history theory” in evolutionary psychology Evolution and Human Behavior. DOI: 10.1016/J.Evolhumbehav.2020.02.001  0.383
2018 Corbett S, Courtiol A, Lummaa V, Moorad J, Stearns S. The transition to modernity and chronic disease: mismatch and natural selection. Nature Reviews. Genetics. PMID 29743650 DOI: 10.1038/S41576-018-0012-3  0.349
2017 Wells JCK, Nesse RM, Sear R, Johnstone RA, Stearns SC. Evolutionary public health: introducing the concept. Lancet (London, England). 390: 500-509. PMID 28792412 DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30572-X  0.336
2017 Byars SG, Huang QQ, Gray LA, Bakshi A, Ripatti S, Abraham G, Stearns SC, Inouye M. Genetic loci associated with coronary artery disease harbor evidence of selection and antagonistic pleiotropy. Plos Genetics. 13: e1006328. PMID 28640878 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pgen.1006328  0.34
2016 Scranton K, Lummaa V, Stearns SC. The importance of the timescale of the fitness metric for estimates of selection on phenotypic traits during a period of demographic change. Ecology Letters. PMID 27230740 DOI: 10.1111/Ele.12619  0.359
2014 Stearns SC. The Path to Life History Evolution Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 95: 121. DOI: 10.1890/0012-9623-95.2.23  0.367
2013 Courtiol A, Rickard IJ, Lummaa V, Prentice AM, Fulford AJ, Stearns SC. The demographic transition influences variance in fitness and selection on height and BMI in rural Gambia. Current Biology : Cb. 23: 884-9. PMID 23623548 DOI: 10.1016/J.Cub.2013.04.006  0.336
2012 Stearns SC. Evolutionary medicine: its scope, interest and potential. Proceedings. Biological Sciences / the Royal Society. 279: 4305-21. PMID 22933370 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2012.1326  0.327
2010 Stearns SC, Byars SG, Govindaraju DR, Ewbank D. Measuring selection in contemporary human populations. Nature Reviews. Genetics. 11: 611-22. PMID 20680024 DOI: 10.1038/Nrg2831  0.348
2010 Nesse RM, Bergstrom CT, Ellison PT, Flier JS, Gluckman P, Govindaraju DR, Niethammer D, Omenn GS, Perlman RL, Schwartz MD, Thomas MG, Stearns SC, Valle D. Evolution in health and medicine Sackler colloquium: Making evolutionary biology a basic science for medicine. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 107: 1800-7. PMID 19918069 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.0906224106  0.322
2010 Byars SG, Ewbank D, Govindaraju DR, Stearns SC. Colloquium papers: Natural selection in a contemporary human population. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 107: 1787-92. PMID 19858476 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.0906199106  0.335
2009 Balmer O, Stearns SC, Schötzau A, Brun R. Intraspecific competition between co-infecting parasite strains enhances host survival in African trypanosomes. Ecology. 90: 3367-78. PMID 20120806 DOI: 10.1890/08-2291.1  0.626
2008 Nesse RM, Stearns SC. The great opportunity: Evolutionary applications to medicine and public health. Evolutionary Applications. 1: 28-48. PMID 25567489 DOI: 10.1111/J.1752-4571.2007.00006.X  0.321
2008 Stearns SC. How the European Society for Evolutionary Biology and the Journal of Evolutionary Biology were founded. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 21: 1449-51. PMID 19018942 DOI: 10.1111/J.1420-9101.2008.01626.X  0.307
2007 Ackermann M, Schauerte A, Stearns SC, Jenal U. Experimental evolution of aging in a bacterium. Bmc Evolutionary Biology. 7: 126. PMID 17662151 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-7-126  0.628
2006 Nesse RM, Stearns SC, Omenn GS. Medicine needs evolution. Science (New York, N.Y.). 311: 1071. PMID 16497889 DOI: 10.1126/Science.1125956  0.329
2005 Stearns SC. Issues in evolutionary medicine. American Journal of Human Biology : the Official Journal of the Human Biology Council. 17: 131-40. PMID 15736177 DOI: 10.1002/Ajhb.20105  0.404
2003 Stearns SC. Theoretical biology: safeguards and spurs. Nature. 424: 501-4. PMID 12891339 DOI: 10.1038/424501A  0.313
2003 Ackermann M, Stearns SC, Jenal U. Senescence in a bacterium with asymmetric division. Science (New York, N.Y.). 300: 1920. PMID 12817142 DOI: 10.1126/Science.1083532  0.591
2002 Stearns SC. Progress on canalization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 99: 10229-30. PMID 12149521 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.172388999  0.369
2002 Pletcher SD, Macdonald SJ, Marguerie R, Certa U, Stearns SC, Goldstein DB, Partridge L. Genome-wide transcript profiles in aging and calorically restricted Drosophila melanogaster. Current Biology : Cb. 12: 712-23. PMID 12007414 DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)00808-4  0.309
2002 Stearns SC. LESS WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE Evolution. 56: 2339-2345. DOI: 10.1554/0014-3820(2002)056[2339:Lwhbm]2.0.Co;2  0.345
2001 Stearns SC, Ebert D. Evolution in health and disease: work in progress. The Quarterly Review of Biology. 76: 417-32. PMID 11783396 DOI: 10.1086/420539  0.504
2001 Kern S, Ackermann M, Stearns SC, Kawecki TJ. Decline in offspring viability as a manifestation of aging in Drosophila melianogaster. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 55: 1822-31. PMID 11681737 DOI: 10.1111/J.0014-3820.2001.Tb00831.X  0.352
2001 Ackermann M, Bijlsma R, James AC, Partridge L, Zwaan BJ, Stearns SC. Effects of assay conditions in life history experiments with Drosophila melanogaster Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 14: 199-209. DOI: 10.1046/J.1420-9101.2001.00281.X  0.345
2000 Stearns SC. Life history evolution: Successes, limitations, and prospects Naturwissenschaften. 87: 476-486. PMID 11151666 DOI: 10.1007/S001140050763  0.378
2000 Gasser M, Kaiser M, Berrigan D, Stearns SC. Life-history correlates of evolution under high and low adult mortality Evolution. 54: 1260-1272. PMID 11005293 DOI: 10.1111/J.0014-3820.2000.Tb00559.X  0.343
2000 Stearns SC, Ackermann M, Doebeli M, Kaiser M. Experimental evolution of aging, growth, and reproduction in fruitflies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 97: 3309-13. PMID 10716732 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.060289597  0.599
1998 Stearns SC, Ackermann M, Doebeli M. The experimental evolution of aging in fruitflies. Experimental Gerontology. 33: 785-92. PMID 9951622 DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(98)00021-7  0.544
1996 Stearns SC, Kaiser M. EFFECTS ON FITNESS COMPONENTS OF P-ELEMENT INSERTS IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER: ANALYSIS OF TRADE-OFFS. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 50: 795-806. PMID 28568924 DOI: 10.1111/J.1558-5646.1996.Tb03889.X  0.343
1996 Stearns SC, Kaiser M, Blarer A. A case study in experimental evolution: Reproductive effort and induced responses in Drosophila melanogaster Plant Species Biology. 11: 97-105. DOI: 10.1111/J.1442-1984.1996.Tb00112.X  0.322
1995 Blarer A, Doebeli M, Stearns SC. Diagnosing senescence: inferring evolutionary causes from phenotypic patterns can be misleading. Proceedings. Biological Sciences / the Royal Society. 262: 305-12. PMID 8587888 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.1995.0210  0.599
1995 Stearns SC, Kaiser M, Kawecki TJ. The differential genetic and environmental canalization of fitness components in Drosophila melanogaster Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 8: 539-557. DOI: 10.1046/J.1420-9101.1995.8050539.X  0.336
1995 Stearns SC. Age-specific selection Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 10: 92. DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(00)88996-X  0.305
1994 Stearns SC, Kawecki TJ. FITNESS SENSITIVITY AND THE CANALIZATION OF LIFE-HISTORY TRAITS. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 48: 1438-1450. PMID 28568425 DOI: 10.1111/J.1558-5646.1994.Tb02186.X  0.364
1994 Keller LF, Arcese P, Smith JNM, Hochachka WM, Stearns SC. Selection against inbred song sparrows during a natural population bottleneck Nature. 372: 356-357. PMID 7969492 DOI: 10.1038/372356A0  0.325
1993 Gebhardt MD, Stearns SC. Phenotypic plasticity for life history traits in Drosophila melanogaster. II. Epigenetic mechanisms and the scaling of variances Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 6: 17-29. DOI: 10.1046/J.1420-9101.1993.6010017.X  0.339
1993 Gebhardt MD, Stearns SC. Phenotypic plasticity for life history traits in Drosophila melanogaster. I. Effect on phenotypic and environmental correlations Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 6: 1-16. DOI: 10.1046/J.1420-9101.1993.6010001.X  0.337
1993 Ebert D, Yampolsky L, Stearns SC. Genetics of life history in Daphnia magna. I. Heritabilities at two food levels Heredity. 70: 335-343. DOI: 10.1038/Hdy.1993.48  0.498
1993 Kawecki TJ, Stearns SC. The evolution of life histories in spatially heterogeneous environments: Optimal reaction norms revisited Evolutionary Ecology. 7: 155-174. DOI: 10.1007/Bf01239386  0.353
1992 Hillesheim E, Stearns SC. CORRELATED RESPONSES IN LIFE-HISTORY TRAITS TO ARTIFICIAL SELECTION FOR BODY WEIGHT IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 46: 745-752. PMID 28568675 DOI: 10.1111/J.1558-5646.1992.Tb02080.X  0.335
1992 Gebhardt MD, Stearns SC. Phenotypic plasticity for life-history traits in Drosophila melanogaster. III. Effect of the environment on genetic parameters Genetical Research. 60: 87-101. PMID 1468647 DOI: 10.1017/S0016672300030780  0.356
1992 Stearns SC. Embryos, Genes, and Evolution: The Developmental-Genetic Basis of Evolutionary Change.Rudolf A. Raff , Thomas C. Kaufman The Quarterly Review of Biology. 67: 362-362. DOI: 10.1086/417686  0.31
1990 Stearns SC. The evolutionary maintenance of sexual reproduction: The solutions proposed for a longstanding problem Journal of Genetics. 69: 1-10. DOI: 10.1007/Bf02931662  0.319
1989 Stearns SC. Trade-Offs in Life-History Evolution Functional Ecology. 3: 259. DOI: 10.2307/2389364  0.354
1989 Stearns SC. The Evolutionary Significance of Phenotypic Plasticity Bioscience. 39: 436-445. DOI: 10.2307/1311135  0.33
1988 Gebhardt MD, Stearns SC. Reaction norms for developmental time and weight at eclosion in Drosophila mercatorum Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 1: 335-354. DOI: 10.1046/J.1420-9101.1988.1040335.X  0.331
1986 Stearns SC, Koella JC. THE EVOLUTION OF PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY IN LIFE-HISTORY TRAITS: PREDICTIONS OF REACTION NORMS FOR AGE AND SIZE AT MATURITY. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 40: 893-913. PMID 28556219 DOI: 10.1111/J.1558-5646.1986.Tb00560.X  0.6
1984 Stearns SC. HERITABILITY ESTIMATES FOR AGE AND LENGTH AT MATURITY IN TWO POPULATIONS OF MOSQUITOFISH THAT SHARED ANCESTORS IN 1905. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 38: 368-375. PMID 28555898 DOI: 10.1111/J.1558-5646.1984.Tb00295.X  0.377
1984 Stearns SC. The effects of size and phylogeny on patterns of covariation in the life history traits of lizards and snakes American Naturalist. 123: 56-72. DOI: 10.1086/284186  0.35
1983 Stearns SC. THE GENETIC BASIS OF DIFFERENCES IN LIFE-HISTORY TRAITS AMONG SIX POPULATIONS OF MOSQUITOFISH (GAMBUSIA AFFINIS) THAT SHARED ANCESTORS IN 1905. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 37: 618-627. PMID 28563319 DOI: 10.1111/J.1558-5646.1983.Tb05578.X  0.355
1983 Stearns SC. A NATURAL EXPERIMENT IN LIFE-HISTORY EVOLUTION: FIELD DATA ON THE INTRODUCTION OF MOSQUITOFISH (GAMBUSIA AFFINIS) TO HAWAII. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 37: 601-617. PMID 28563299 DOI: 10.1111/J.1558-5646.1983.Tb05577.X  0.396
1983 Stearns SC. The influence of size and phylogeny on patterns of covariation among life-history traits in the mammals Oikos. 41: 173-187. DOI: 10.2307/3544261  0.325
1983 Stearns SC. Rapid Evolution in Ecological Time Bioscience. 33: 460-460. DOI: 10.2307/1309077  0.396
1983 Stearns SC. The evolution of life-history traits in mosquitofish since their introduction to hawaii in 1905: Rates of evolution, heritabilities, and developmental plasticity Integrative and Comparative Biology. 23: 65-75. DOI: 10.1093/Icb/23.1.65  0.376
1983 Stearns SC. Introduction to the symposium: The inter-face of life-history evolution, whole-organism ontogeny, and quantitative genetics Integrative and Comparative Biology. 23: 3-4. DOI: 10.1093/Icb/23.1.3  0.344
1983 Stearns SC. The Role of Development in MacroevolutionEmbryos, Genes, and Evolution. The Developmental-Genetic Basis of Evolutionary Change. Rudolph A. Raff , Thomas C. Kaufman The Quarterly Review of Biology. 58: 219-224. DOI: 10.1086/413219  0.318
1982 Hilborn R, Stearns SC. On inference in ecology and evolutionary biology: the problem of multiple causes Acta Biotheoretica. 31: 145-164. PMID 6815944 DOI: 10.1007/Bf01857238  0.495
1981 Stearns SC, Crandall RE. QUANTITATIVE PREDICTIONS OF DELAYED MATURITY. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 35: 455-463. PMID 28563580 DOI: 10.1111/J.1558-5646.1981.Tb04906.X  0.369
1981 Stearns SC. Age-Specificity in Genetics and Life-Histories Ecology. 62: 1689-1690. DOI: 10.2307/1941528  0.36
1980 Stearns SC. A New View of Life-History Evolution Oikos. 35: 266. DOI: 10.2307/3544434  0.392
1977 Stearns SC. The Evolution of Life History Traits: A Critique of the Theory and a Review of the Data Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics. 8: 145-171. DOI: 10.1146/Annurev.Es.08.110177.001045  0.383
1976 Stearns SC. Life-history tactics: a review of the ideas Quarterly Review of Biology. 51: 3-47. PMID 778893 DOI: 10.1086/409052  0.387
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