Vidiella, B., Carrignon, S., Bentley, R. A., O'Brien, M. J., Valverde, S. (2022). A cultural evolutionary theory that explains both gradual and punctuated change. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 19: 20220570. Article. See also this Twitter thread.
Duran-Nebreda, S., O'Brien, M. J., Bentley, R. A., Valverde, S. (2022). Dilution of expertise in the rise and fall of collective innovation. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 9: 365. Article. See also this Twitter thread.
Valverde, S., Vidiella, B., Montañez, R., Fraile, A., Sacristán, S., García-Arenal, F. (2020). Coexistence of nestedness and modularity in host–pathogen infection networks. Nature Ecology and Evolution 4: 568–577. Link. See also: "Infections come in threes: viral infections of plants cannot be isolated from their environment" Link. This work uses hypergraphs to analyze interactions in host-pathogen networks, revealing how nested-modular structures emerge. It provides key insights into network robustness.
Valverde, S. (2016). Major Transitions in Information Technology. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 371: 20150450. Link.
Valverde, S., Piñero, J., Corominas-Murtra, B., Montoya, J., Joppa, L., and Solé, R. (2018).
The architecture of mutualistic networks as an evolutionary spandrel.
Nature Ecology & Evolution 2(1): 94-99.
Link.
This study introduces a model of mutualistic networks showing how nestedness arises without direct selection.
It highlights universal principles in network evolution, relevant for modeling macroevolutionary processes.
Valverde, S., Sole, R. V. (2015). Punctuated Equilibrium in the Large-Scale Evolution of Programming Languages.
Journal of the Royal Society Interface 12: 20150249.
Link.
This paper analyzes the evolution of programming languages and identifies evolutionary bursts analogous to biological evolution,
providing a framework for studying the tempo and mode of technological evolution.
Valverde, S., Ohse, S., Turalska, M., West, B. J., and Garcia-Ojalvo, J. (2015). Structural Determinants of Criticality in Biological Networks. Front. Physiol. 6: 127. Link.