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Luke E. Rendell

University of St AndrewsORCID 0000-0002-1121-9142Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Animal Behavior & Cognition· 1 Evolutionary Biology· 1 Genomics· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:human· 2 Organism:mouse· 1 Organism:rat· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1 Research Focus:variant calling· 1 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 1

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Éadin N. O’MahonyiD· 2 shared Eric M. KeeniD· 2 shared Janie L. WrayiD· 2 shared Oscar E. GaggiottiiD· 2 shared Archie Dundas· 1 shared Christie J. McMillaniD· 1 shared Daniel CowndeniD· 1 shared Elena MiuiD· 1 shared

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2024-2026 · peak 2/yr

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Breath to genome: Whole genome sequencing of large whales from blow sampling

Éadin N. O’Mahony, Morgan L. McCarthy, Eric M. Keen, Janie L. Wray, Christie J. McMillan, Sheila J. Thornton, Luke E. Rendell, Morten Tange Olsen, Oscar E. Gaggiotti

This paper demonstrates the feasibility of generating whole genomes from humpback whale blow samples for population genomics.

bioRxiv · Mar 10, 2026 · PreprintGenomics

The diffusion of cooperative and solo bubble net feeding in Canadian Pacific humpback whales

Janie L. Wray, Éadin N. O’Mahony, Grace Baer, Nicole Robinson, Archie Dundas, Oscar E. Gaggiotti, Luke E. Rendell, Eric M. Keen

The paper studies the diffusion of cooperative and solo bubble net feeding in humpback whales, finding strong evidence for social learning in the behavior's spread.

Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · Jan 21, 2026Peer-reviewedAnimal Behavior & Cognition

The refinement paradox and cumulative cultural evolution: collective improvement in knowledge favors conformity, blind copying and hyper-credulity

Elena Miu, Luke E. Rendell, Sam Bowles, Rob Boyd, Daniel Cownden, Magnus Enquist, Kimmo Eriksson, Marcus W. Feldman, Timothy Lillicrap, Richard L. McElreath, Stuart Murray, James Ounsley, Kevin N. Laland

The paper uses a computer tournament to show that refining knowledge can be advantageous initially but leads to conformity and blind copying in complex cultures.

PLoS Computational Biology · Sep 26, 2024Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology