Research Interests:
- Evolution of diversity, theory of adaptive
speciation
- Evolution of cooperation, game theory
- Experimental evolution of diversification and
cooperation in E. coli
- Dynamics of spatially structured populations
- Cultural evolution and cultural diversification
List of publications:
Books:
M.
Doebeli, M. 2011. Adaptive Diversification. Princeton
University Press, Princeton.
U.
Dieckmann, M. Doebeli, J. A. J. and D. Tautz (eds.) 2004.
Adaptive Speciation. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Articles:
Herron, M. D. and
Doebeli, M. 2012. Parallel evolutionary dynamics of
diversification in E. Coli. PLoS Biology (in press).
Simon, B., Fletcher, J.
A. and Doebeli, M. 2012. Towards a general theory of group
selection. Evolution (in press).
Zukewich, J.,
Kurella, V, Doebeli, M. and Hauert, C. Consolidating Birth-Death and Death-Birth processes
in structured populations. PLoS
One (in press).
Simon,
B., Fletcher, J. A. and Doebeli, M. 2012. Hamilton’s rule in
multi-level selection models. Journal of Theoretical Biology 299,
55-63.
Ispolatov,
I., Ackermann, M and Doebeli, M. 2012. Division of labour and the
evolution of multicellularity. Proceedings of the Royal Society B
279, 1768-1776.
Doebeli,
M. 2012. Adaptive dynamics: a framework for modeling the long-term
evolutionary dynamics of quantitative traits. In The Adaptive Landscape in
Evolutionary Biology, eds. E. Svensson and R. Calsbeck,
Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Doebeli,
M. 2012. Cultural evolution as an epidemiological birth-death
process. A comment on an article by H. Gintis. The Social
Evolution Forum, Evolution Institute.
Herron,
M. D., Doebeli, M. 2011. Adaptive Diversification of a plastic
trait in a predictably fluctuating environment. Journal of
Theoretical Biology 285, 58-68.
Ispolatov,
J., Doebeli, M.
2011. Omnivory can both enhance and dampen perturbations in food
webs. Theoretical Ecology 4, 55-67.
Doebeli,
M., Ispolatov, I., 2010. A model for the evolutionary
diversification of religions. J. Theor. Biol. 267, 676-684.
Saxer,
G., Doebeli, M. and Travisano, M. 2010. The Repeatability
of Adaptive Radiation During Long-Term Experimental Evolution of
Escherichia coli in a Multiple Nutrient Environment. PLoS One,
Volume 5, e14184.
Ispolatov,
I. and Doebeli, M. 2010. On the evolution of decoys in plant
immune systems. Biological Theory 5, 256-263.
Killingback,
T., Doebeli, M. and Hauert, C. 2010. Diversity of Cooperation in
the tragedy of the commons. Biological Theory 5, 3-6.
Doebeli,
M., Ispolatov, I., 2010. Continuously stable strategies as
evolutionary branching points. J. Theor. Biol. 266, 529-535.
Doebeli,
M.
2010. Inclusive fitness is just bookkeeping. Nature 467,
661-661.
Tyerman,
J. and Doebeli, M. 2010. Variation in the propensity to
diversify in experimental populations of Escherichia coli:
Consequences for adaptive radiation. Evolutionary Ecology
Research 12, 803-820.
Le
Gac, M., Doebeli, M. 2010. Epistasis and frequency dependence
influence the fitness of an adaptive mutation in a diversifying
lineage. Molecular Ecology 19, 2430-2438, 2010.
Doebeli,
M.,
Ispolatov, I. Complexity and Diversity, Science 328, 494-497,
2010.
Fletcher,
J. A., Doebeli, M. Assortment is a more fundamental explanation
for the evolution of altruism than inclusive fitness or
multilevel selection: reply to Bijma and Aanen. Proc. Roy. Soc.
B 277, 677-678, 2010.
Le
Gac, M., Doebeli M. Environmental viscosity does not affect the
evolution of cooperation during experimental evolution of
colicigenic bacteria. Evolution 64, 522-533, 2010.
Ispolatov,
I.,
Doebeli
M.
Speciation due to hybrid necrosis in plant-pathogen models.
Evolution 63, 3076-3084, 2009.
Ispolatov,
I.,
Doebeli
M. Diversification along environmental gradients in spatially
structured populations. Evol. Ecol. Res. 11, 295-304, 2009.
Svanback
R., Pineda-Krch M., Doebeli M. Fluctuating Population Dynamics
Promotes the Evolution of Phenotypic Plasticity. American
Naturalist 174, 176-189, 2009.
Saxer, G.,
Doebeli, M., Travisano, M. Spatial structure leads to ecological
breakdown and loss of diversity. Proc. Roy. Soc. B. 276,
2065-2070, 2009.
Blachford,
A., Doebeli, M. On luck and sex. Evolution 63, 40-47, 2009.
Fletcher,
J. A., Doebeli, M. A simple and general explanation for the
evolution of altruism. Proc. Roy. Soc. B. 276 , 13-19, 2009.
Ackermann,
M.,
Stecher,
B.,
Freed,
M. E., Songhet, P., Hardt, W. D., Doebeli, M. Self-destructive
cooperation mediated by phenotypic noise. Nature 454, 987-990,
2008.
Elmhirst,
T.,
Stewart,
I.,
Doebeli,
M. Pod systems: an equivariant ordinary differential equation
approach to dynamical systems on a spatial domain. Nonlinearity
21, 1507-1531, 2008.
Leimar, O.,
Doebeli, M., Dieckmann, U. Evolution of phenotypic clusters
through competition and local adaptation along an environmental
gradient. Evolution 62, 807-822, 2008.
Hauert,
C.,
Wakano, J. Y., Doebeli, M. Ecological public goods games:
Cooperation and bifurcation. Theor. Pop. Biol. 73, 257-263,
2008.
Tyerman,
J.
G., Bertrand, M., Spencer, C. C., Doebeli, M. Experimental
demonstration of ecological character displacement. B MC
Evol. Biol. 8, art nr 34, 2008.
Le
Gac, M., Brazas, M. D., Bertrand, M., Tyerman, J. G., Spencer,
C. C., Hancock, R. E. W., Doebeli, M. Metabolic changes
associated with adaptive diversification in escherichia coli.
Genetics 178, 1049-1060, 2008.
Spencer,
C.
C.,
Tyerman,
J.,
Bertrand, M., Doebeli, M. Adaptation increases the likelihood of
diversification in an experimental bacterial lineage. Proc. Nat.
Acad. Sci. 105, 1585-1589, 2008.
Spencer,
C.
C.,
Saxer,
G.,
Travisano, M., Doebeli,
M. Seasonal resource oscillations maintain diversity in
bacterial microcosms. Evol. Ecol. Res. 9, 757-787, 2007.
Utz,
M., Kisdi, E., Doebeli, M. Quasi-local competition in
stage-structured metapopulations: A new mechanism of pattern
formation. Bull. Math. Biol. 69, 1649-1672, 2007.
Ackermann,
M.,
Chao,
L.,
Bergstrom,
C. T., Doebeli, M. On the evolutionary origin of aging.
Aging Cell 6, 235-244, 2007.
Spencer,
C. C., Bertrand, M., Travisano, M., Doebeli, M. Adaptive
diversification in genes that regulate resource use in
Escherichia coli. PLoS Genetics 3, e15, 2007.
Pineda-Krch,
M., Blok, H. J., Dieckmann, U., Doebeli, M. A tale of two
cycles - distinguishing quasi-cycles and limit cycles in
finite predator-prey populations. OIKOS 116, 53-64, 2007.
Doebeli,
M., Blok, H. J., Leimar, O., Dieckmann, U. Multimodal
pattern formation in phenotype distributions of sexual
populations. Proc. Roy. Soc. B 274, 347-357, 2007.
Hauert,
C.,
Holmes, M., Doebeli, M. Evolutionary games and population
dynamics: maintenance of cooperation in public goods games
(vol 273, pg 2565, 2006). Proc. Roy. Soc. B 273,
3131-3132, 2006.
Fletcher,
J. A., Zwick, M., Doebeli, M., Wilson, D. S. What's wrong
with inclusive fitness? TREE 21, 597-598, 2006.
Hauert,
C.,
Holmes,
M., Doebeli, M. Evolutionary games and population dynamics:
maintenance of cooperation in public goods games. Proc. Roy.
Soc. B 273, 2565-2570, 2006.
Killingback,
T.,
Blok,
H.
J.,
Doebeli, M. Scale-free extinction dynamics in spatially
structured host-parasitoid systems. J. Theor. Biol. 241,
745-750, 2006.
Doebeli,
M., Hauert, C. Limits to Hamilton's rule. J. Evol. Biol. 19,
1386-1388, 2006.
Fletcher,
J.
A., Doebeli, M. How altruim evolves: assortment and synergy.
J. Evol. Biol. 19, 1389-1393, 2006.
Hauert,
C.,
Michor,
F.,
Nowak,
M.
A., Doebeli, M. Synergy and discounting of cooperation in
social dilemmas. J. Theor. Biol. 239, 195-202, 2006.
Doebeli, M.,
Adaptive speciation when assortative mating is based on
female preference for male marker traits. J. Evol. Biol. 18,
1587-1600, 2005.
Nusimer,
S. L., Doebeli, M., Browning, D. The coevolutionary dynamics
of antagonistic interactions mediated by quantitative traits
with evolving variances. Evolution 59, 2073-2082, 2005.
Doebeli,
M., Dieckmann, U. Adaptive
dynamics
as a mathematical tool for studying the ecology of
speciation processes. J. Evol. Biol. 18, 1194-1200, 2005.
Dieckmann,
U.,
Doebeli, M., Pluralism in evolutionary theory. J. Evol.
Biol. 18, 1209-1213, 2005.
Doebeli, M. and
Hauert, C. Models of cooperation based on the Prisoner's
Dilemma and the Snowdrift game. ECOLOGY LETTERS 8, 748-766,
2005.
Doebeli, M.,
Dieckmann, U., Metz, J. A. J. and Tautz, D. What we have
also learned: adaptive speciation is theoretically
plausible. EVOLUTION 59(3), 691-695, 2005.
Ackermann, M.
and Doebeli, M. Evolution of niche width and adaptive
diversification. EVOLUTION 58(12), 2599–2612, 2004.
Doebeli, M., Hauert, C., and
Killingback, T. The Evolutionary Origin of Cooperators and
Defectors. SCIENCE 306, 859-862, 2004.
Ifti, M., Killingback, T.,
Doebeli, M. Effects of neighbourhoodsize and connectivity on
the spatial Continuous Prisoner's Dilemma. JOURNAL OF
THEORETICAL BIOLOGY 231, 97-106, 2004.
Nuismer, S. L.,
Doebeli, M. Genetic correlations and the coevolutionary
dynamics of three-species systems. EVOLUTION 58 (6),
1165-1177, 2004.
Friesen, M. Saxer, G. Travisano,
M, Doebeli, M Experimental evidence for sympatric ecological
diversification due to frequency-dependent competition in
Escherichia coli EVOLUTION 58 (2), 245-260, 2004
Hauert, C., Doebeli, M. Spatial
structure often inhibits the evolution of cooperation in the
snowdrift game. NATURE 428, 643-646, 2004.
Bolnick, D, Doebeli, M Sexual dimorphism and adaptive
speciation: two sides of the same ecological coin
EVOLUTION 57 (11), 2433–2449 NOV 2003
Doebeli, M, Killingback, T
Metapopulation dynamics with quasi-local competition THEOR
POP BIOL 64: 397-416 2003
Doebeli M, Dieckmann U Speciation along environmental
gradients NATURE 421 (6920): 259-264 2003
Killingback T, Doebeli M The
continuous prisoner's dilemma and the evolution of
cooperation through reciprocal altruism with variable
investment AM NAT 160 (4): 421-438 OCT 2002
Doebeli, M A model for the
evolutionary dynamics of cross-feeding polymorphisms.
POPULATION ECOLOGY 44: 59-70 2002
Maire, N., Ackermann, M. Doebeli,
M On the evolution of anisogamy through evolutionary
branching SELECTION 2, 107-119 2001
Flatt T, Maire N, Doebeli M A bit
of sex stabilizes host-parasite dynamics J THEOR BIOL 212
(3): 345-354 OCT 7 2001
Doebeli M, Dieckmann U
Evolutionary branching and sympatric speciation caused by
different types of ecological interactions AM NAT 156:
S77-S101 OCT 2000
Stearns SC, Ackermann M, Doebeli
M, et al. Experimental evolution of aging, growth, and
reproduction in fruitflies P NATL ACAD SCI USA 97 (7):
3309-3313 MAR 28 2000
Brauchli K, Killingback T, Doebeli
M Evolution of cooperation in spatially structured
populations J THEOR BIOL 200 (4): 405-417 OCT 21 1999
Killingback T, Doebeli M, Knowlton
N Variable investment, the Continuous Prisoner's Dilemma,
and the origin of cooperation P ROY SOC LOND B BIO 266
(1430): 1723-1728 SEP 7 1999
Killingback T, Doebeli M 'Raise
the stakes' evolves into a defector NATURE 400 (6744):
518-518 AUG 5 1999
Dieckmann U, Doebeli M On the
origin of species by sympatric speciation NATURE 400 (6742):
354-357 JUL 22 1999
Johst K, Doebeli M, Brandl R
Evolution of complex dynamics in spatially structured
populations P ROY SOC LOND B BIO 266 (1424): 1147-1154 JUN 7
1999
Koella JC, Doebeli M
Population dynamics and the evolution of virulence in
epidemiological models with discrete host generations J
THEOR BIOL 198 (3): 461-475 JUN 7 1999
Blarer A, Doebeli M Resonance
effects and outbreaks in ecological time series ECOL LETT 2
(3): 167-177 MAY 1999
Doebeli M, de Jong G Genetic
variability in sensitivity to population density affects the
dynamics of simple ecological models THEOR POPUL BIOL 55
(1): 37-52 FEB 1999
Stearns SC, Ackermann M, Doebeli M
The experimental evolution of aging in fruitflies EXP
GERONTOL 33 (7-8): 785-792 NOV-DEC 1998
Doebeli M, Ruxton GD Stabilization
through spatial pattern formation in metapopulations with
long-range dispersal P ROY SOC LOND B BIO 265 (1403):
1325-1332 JUL 22 1998
Doebeli M, Knowlton N The
evolution of interspecific mutualisms P NATL ACAD SCI USA 95
(15): 8676-8680 JUL 21 1998
Doebeli M, de Jong G A simple
genetic model with non-equilibrium dynamics J MATH BIOL 36
(6): 550-556 JUN 1998
Doebeli M Invasion of rare mutants
does not imply their evolutionary success: a counterexample
from metapopulation theory J EVOLUTION BIOL 11 (3): 389-401
MAY 1998
Killingback T, Doebeli M
Self-organized criticality in spatial evolutionary game
theory J THEOR BIOL 191 (3): 335-340 APR 7 1998
Doebeli M, Ruxton GD Evolution of
dispersal rates in metapopulation models: Branching and
cyclic dynamics in phenotype space EVOLUTION 51 (6):
1730-1741 DEC 1997
Doebeli M Genetic variation and
the persistence of predator-prey interactions in the
Nicholson-Bailey model J THEOR BIOL 188 (1): 109-120 SEP 7
1997
Doebeli M, Blarer A, Ackermann M
Population dynamics, demographic stochasticity, and the
evolution of cooperation P NATL ACAD SCI USA 94 (10):
5167-5171 MAY 13 1997
Doebeli M, Ruxton GD Controlling
spatial chaos in metapopulations with long-range dispersal B
MATH BIOL 59 (3): 497-515 MAY 1997
Doebeli M, Blarer A A note on the
timing of tradeoffs in discrete life history models J
EVOLUTION BIOL 10 (1): 107-120 JAN 1997
Doebeli M A quantitative genetic
competition model for sympatric speciation J EVOLUTION BIOL
9 (6): 893-909 NOV 1996
Killingback T,
Doebeli M Spatial evolutionary game theory: Hawks and Doves
revisited P ROY SOC LOND B BIO 263 (1374): 1135-1144 SEP 22
1996
Ruxton GD, Doebeli M Spatial
self-organization and persistence of transients in a
metapopulation model P ROY SOC LOND B BIO 263 (1374):
1153-1158 SEP 22 1996
Doebeli M Quantitative genetics
and population dynamics EVOLUTION 50 (2): 532-546 APR 1996
Doebeli M, Koella J Chaos and
evolution TRENDS ECOL EVOL 11 (5): 220-220 MAY 1996
Blarer
A, Doebeli M In the red zone NATURE 380 (6575): 589-590 APR
18 1996
Doebeli M An explicit genetic
model for ecological character displacement ECOLOGY 77 (2):
510-520 MAR 1996
Blarer
A, Doebeli M Heuristic optimization of the general life
history problem: A novel approach EVOL ECOL 10 (1): 81-96
JAN 1996
Doebeli,
M. Reductive group actions on affine quadrics with
1-dimensional quotient: linearization when a linear model
exists. TRANSFORMATION GROUPS 1: 187-214, 1996
Blarer A, Doebeli M, Stearns SC
Diagnosing senescence: Inferring evolutionary causes from
phenotypic patterns can be misleading P ROY SOC LOND B BIO
262 (1365): 305-312 DEC 22 1995
Doebeli, M Updating Gillespie with
controlled chaos AM NAT 146 (3): 479-487 SEP 1995
Doebeli, M Koella, JC Evolution of
simple population dynamics P ROY SOC LOND B BIO 260 (1358):
119-125 MAY 22 1995
Doebeli, M Phenotypic variation,
sexual reproduction, and evolutionary population dynamics J
EVOLUTION BIOL 8 (2): 173-194 MAR 1995
Doebeli, M. Evolutionary
predictions from invariant physical measures of dynamic
processes J THEOR BIOL 173 (4): 377-387 APR 21 1995
Doebeli, M Dispersal and dynamics
THEOR POPUL BIOL 47 (1): 82-106 FEB 1995
Doebeli,
M Linear models for reductive group actions on affine
quadrics B SOC MATH FR 122 (4): 505-531 1994
Doebeli, M, Koella, JC Sex and
population dynamics P ROY SOC LOND B BIO 257 (1348): 17-23
JUL 22 1994
Doebeli, M. Intermittent Chaos in
population dynamics J THEOR BIOL 166 (3): 325-330 FEB 7 1994
Doebeli, M. The evolutionary
advantage of controlled chaos P ROY SOC LOND B BIO 254
(1341): 281-285 DEC 22 1993