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:
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. BMC 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.
Adaptive Speciation (Eds. U. Dieckmann, H. Metz, M. Doebeli, and D.
Tautz), Cambridge University Press, 2004.
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