Shelton, DE and RE Michod (Accepted) Group selection and group adaptation during a major evolutionary transition: insights from the evolution of multicellularity in the volvocine algae. Special issue of Biological Theory (Ed. P Huneman).
Hanschen, ER, DE Shelton, and RE Michod (Accepted) Evolutionary transitions in individuality and recent models of multicellularity. In: Evolutionary transitions to multicellular life: Principles and mechanisms (Eds. AM Nedelcu and I Ruiz-Trillo).
Shelton, DE and RE Michod (Accepted) Levels of selection and the formal Darwinism project. Special issue of Biology and Philosophy (Eds. S Okasha and C Paternotte).
Herron, MD, A Rashidi, DE Shelton, and WW Driscoll (2013) Cellular differentiation and individuality in the "minor" multicellular taxa. Biological Reviews 88:844-861.
Pepper, JW, DE Shelton, A Rashidi, PM Durand (2013) Are internal, death-promoting mechanisms ever adaptive? Phylogenetics and Evolutionary Biology 1:113 (DOI: 10.4172/jpgeb.1000113).
Shelton, DE, AG Desnitskiy, and RE Michod (2012) Reproductive allocation in Volvox (Chlorophyta) species with diverse developmental features. Evolutionary Ecology Research 14:707-727.
Shelton, DE and RE Michod (2010) Philosophical foundations for the hierarchy of life (Book review of Evolution and the Levels of Selection by Samir Okasha). Biology and Philosophy 25:391–403 (DOI 10.1007/s10539-009-9160-3). pdf
Shelton, DE, AD Harlin-Cognato, R Honeycutt, T Markowitz, and B Würsig (2009) Sexual segregation and genetic relatedness in New Zealand dusky dolphin social groups. In Dusky Dolphins: Master Acrobats Off Different Shores (Eds. B Würsig and M Würsig) Academic Press.
Pearson, HC and DE Shelton (2009) A large-brained social animal. In Dusky Dolphins: Master Acrobats Off Different Shores (Eds. B Würsig and M Würsig) Academic Press.
Vaughn, RL, DE Shelton,
LL Timm, LA Watson, and
B Würsig (2008) Dusky
dolphins influence prey accessibility for
seabirds in
Vaughn, RL, DE Shelton,
LL Timm, LA Watson, and
B. Würsig (2007) Dusky
dolphin (Lagenorhynchus
obscurus)
feeding
tactics and
multi-species associations.
Cell type allocation and variability in diverse Volvox species (2011) Shelton, D. E., A. Desnitskiy, R. Michod. Poster, First International Volvox Conference, Oracle, AZ. pdf
DNA
repair as a possible evolutionary advantage of sex in a green alga,
Chlamydomonas
reinhardtii (2008)
Sexual
segregation
and
genetic relatedness in
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