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  • Social Behavior and Social Complexity
  • Homosexuality
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  • Speciation, Adaptive Variation, Biological Diversification
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  • Coevolution and Frequency-Dependent Selection
  • Dynamics and Maintenance of Genetic Variation
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    Social Behavior and Social Complexity

    • Guido, A. et al. 2023. ``Nudging or nagging: The perils of persuasion'' Available at SSRN: [online]
    • Gelfand, M., S. Gavrilets, and N. Nunn. 2024. "Norm Dynamics: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Social Norm Emergence, Persistence, and Change" Ann. Rev. Psy 75: 341-378 [online ]
    • Gavrilets, S. et al. 2024. "Modeling social norms: an integration of the norm-utility approach with beliefs dynamics" Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. B. 379: 27[online ]
    • Zhang, B. et al. 2024. "Kinship can hinder cooperation in heterogeneous populations" Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization [online ]
    • Rosokha, Y. et al. 2024. "Evolution of cooperation in the indefinitely repeated collective action with a contest for power" Economic Theory [online ]
    • Richerson P. J. and S. Gavrilets. 2023. "The Field of Evolutionary Neuroscience: A Commentary on “Rethinking Norm Psychology” by Cecilia Heyes" Perspectives on Psychological Science 19: 39-41 [online ]
    • Tverskoi, D. et al. 2023. "Disentangling material, social, and cognitive determinants of human behavior and beliefs" Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 10:236 doi:10.1057/s41599-023-01745-4 [(pdf)]
    • Ross, C. T. et al. 2023. "Reproductive inequality in humans and other mammals". PNAS 120: e2220124120. [online ]
    • Gavrilets, S. and P. J. Richerson. 2022. "Authority matters: propaganda and the coevolution of behaviour and attitudes" Evolutionary Human Sciences 4: e51 [online]
    • Turchin, P. et al. 2022. "Disentangling the Evolutionary Drivers of Social Complexity: a Comprehensive Test of Hypotheses" Sci. Adv. 8: eabn3517 [online]
    • Gavrilets, S. and T. E. Currie. 2022. "Models of institutional dynamics" [(pdf)] In ``Organizational Complexity and Institutional Dynamics'' P. J. Richerson et al. (eds) [(link)]
    • C. Houle, D. et al. 2022. "Inequality between identity groups and social unrest" J. R. Soc. Interface 19: 20210725 [online] [pdf]
    • Tverskoi, D. et al. 2022. "The spread of technological innovations: effects of psychology, culture, and policy interventions" J. R. Soc. Open Science 9: 211833 [online]
    • Gavrilets, S. 2022. "Foresight, Punishment, and Cooperation" In: Handbook of Advances in Culture and Psychology. Edited by: Michele J. Gelfand, Chi-​yue Chiu, and Ying-​yi Hong, Oxford University Press [pdf ]
    • Whitehouse, H. et al. 2022. "Disentangling the Evolutionary Drivers of Social Complexity: a Comprehensive Test of Hypotheses" Sci. Adv. (in press)
    • S. Gavrilets and P. J. Richerson 2022. "The dynamics of norm internalization and behavior: the effects of inculcation, propaganda, and social identity"
    • Gavrilets, S. 2021. "Coevolution of actions, personal norms, and beliefs about others in social dilemmas" Evolutionary Human Sciences 3: e44 [online]
    • Turchin, P. and Gavrilets, S. 2021. "Tempo and mode in cultural macroevolution" Evolutionary Psychology [online]
    • P. J. Richerson, S. Gavrilets, and F. D. M. Waal. 2021. Modern theories of human evolution foreshadowed by Darwin's Descent of Man. Science 372: eaba3776 [online] [pdf]
    • Tverskoi, D, Senthilnathan, A. and S. Gavrilets. 2021. "The dynamics of cooperation, power, and inequality in a group-structured society. Scientific Reports 18: 18670 [online]
    • D. Tverskoi, X. Xu, H. Nelson, C. Menassa, S. Gavrilets, C.-f. Chen. 2021. "Energy saving at work: Understanding the roles of normative values, and perceived benefits and costs in distinct building context" Energy Research & Social Science 8: article 16.[online]
    • Gavrilets, S. and M. Duwal Shrestha. 2021. "Evolving institutions for collective action by selective imitation and self-interested design" Evolution and Human Behavior [online ] [pdf]
    • Gavrilets, S., P. J. Richerson, and F. D. M. Waal. 2021. Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Descent of Man . Evolutionary Human Sciences 3: e17 [online] [pdf]
    • Gavrilets, S. 2020. The dynamics of injunctive social norm. Evolutionary Human Sciences 2: e60 [online] [pdf]
    • Currie, T. E. , P. Turchin, E. Turner, S. Gavrilets (2020) "Duration of agriculture and distance from the steppe predict the evolution of large-scale human societies in Afro-Eurasia" Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 7, 34. [online ]
    • Ross, C. T. et al. 2020. "The multinomial index: a robust measure of reproductive skew in animal societies". Proc Royal Soc London B 287: 20202025. [online ]
    • Perry, L. and S. Gavrilets. 2020. "Foresight in a game of leadership" Scientific Reports 10: 2251 [online ]
    • Lozano, P., S. Gavrilets, and A. Sanchez 2020. "Cooperation, social norm internalization and the arising of hierarchically structured societies" Scientific Reports 10: 15359. [online ]
    • A Morozov, A. , S. Petrovskii and S. Gavrilets 2019. "The Yellow Vests Movement - a case of long transient dynamics?" [preprint ]
    • Perry, L., M. Duwal Shrestha, M. D. Vose, and S. Gavrilets 2018. Collective action problem in heterogeneous groups with punishment and foresight. Journal of Statistical Physics [online] [pdf]
    • Turchin, P., S. Gavrilets, J. A. Goldstone. 2017. Linking "micro" to "macro" models of state breakdown to improve methods for political forecasting. Cliodynamics: The Journal of Quantitative History and Cultural Evolution 8:159-181. https://doi.org/10.21237/C7clio8237429 [online ]
    • Gavrilets, S. and P. J. Richerson. 2017. Collective action and the evolution of social norm internalization. PNAS 114: 6068-6073 [online ]
    • Rusch, H. and S. Gavrilets. 2017. The logic of animal intergroup conflict: A review. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization [online ] [pdf]
    • Whitehouse, H. et al. 2017. The evolution of extreme cooperation via shared dysphoric experiences. Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 44292 doi:10.1038/srep44292 [online ]
    • Gavrilets, S., J. Auerbach, and M. van Vugt. 2016. Convergence to consensus in heterogeneous groups and the emergence of informal leadership. Scientific Reports 6, Article number: 29704 doi:10.1038/srep29704 [online ]
    • Smith J.E., S. Gavrilets, M. Borgerhoff Mulder, et al. 2016. Leadership in mammalian societies: emergence, distribution, power, and payoff. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 31: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2015.09.013 [pdf ]
    • Rooker, K. and S. Gavrilets. 2016. Evolution of long-term pair-bonding in humans. T.K. Shackelford, V.A. Weekes-Shackelford (eds.), Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_99-1 [pdf]
    • Gavrilets S. 2015. Collective action problem in heterogeneous groups. Phil Trans B 370: 20150016; DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0016 [pdf]
    • von Rueden C., S. Gavrilets, L. Glowacki. 2015. Solving the puzzle of collective action through inter-individual differences. Phil Trans B 370: 20150002; DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0002 [pdf]
    • Gavrilets S. 2015. Collective action and the collaborative brain. Interface 12: article 20141067 [Online]
      Some press coverage: ABC News, Daily Mail, International Business Times, Science World Report, Business Standard El Economista, Scietias, Русская Планета
    • Bissonnette A., S. Perry, L. Barrett, J. C. Mitani, M. Flinn, S. Gavrilets and F.B.M. de Waal. 2015. Coalitions in theory and reality: a review of pertinent variables and processes. Behaviour 152: 1-56 [pdf]
    • Gavrilets S. and L. Fortunato. 2014. A solution to the collective action problem in between-group conflict with within-group inequality. Nature Communications 5: article 3526 [Online]
      Some press coverage: Time Magazine, Science Daily, Die Welt (Germany), Le Scienze (Italy), Het Laatste Nieuws (Belgium)
    • Turchin, P., T.E. Currie, E.A.L.Turner and Gavrilets S. 2014. Reply to Thomas: Diffusion of military technologies is a plausible explanation for the evolution of social complexity, 1500 BCE–AD 1500 PNAS 109: 14069-14074 [Online] [pdf] This is a reply to a comment by R. C. Thomas.
    • de Waal F.B.M. and Gavrilets S. 2013. Monogamy with a purpose. PNAS 110: 15167-15168 [Online]
    • Gonzalez-Forero M. and Gavrilets S. 2013. Evolution of manipulated behavior. American Naturalist 182: 439-451. [pdf]
    • Turchin, P., T.E. Currie, E.A.L.Turner and Gavrilets S. 2013. War, space, and the evolution of Old World complex societies. PNAS 109:14069-14074 [Online] [pdf] (movie)
      • Some press coverage: Los Angeles Times, Huffinhton Post, Popular Mechanics, Wired, Yahoo! News, Nature, New Scientist, Red Orbit, Elementy (Russia), Gazeta.ru, РИА Новости (Russia), ITAR-TASS.
    • Gavrilets, S. 2012. "On the evolutionary origins of the egalitarian syndrome." PNAS 109: 14069-14074 (pdf, PNAS site)
      Some press coverage: Los Angeles Times, Health, Spiegel (Germany), Knoxville News Sentinel, Die Welt (Germany), Decoded Science, Science Illustrated (Australia), Discover Magazine, Examiner, Daily Herald,  United Press International, Pitea-Tidnigen (Sweden), Folha de S. Paulo (Brazil), French Tribune, Sydsvenskan (Sweden), Korea Herald, Le Scienze (Italy), EvroSMI (Russia), bigmir.net (Ukrain), РИА Новости (Russia), Московская правда (Russia) Quest (South Africa), Nauka w Polshe (Poland), The Republic
    • Gavrilets, S. 2012. "Human origins and the transition from promiscuity to pair bonding". PNAS 109: 9923-9928. (pdf, PNAS site)
      Some press coverage: Time Magazine, Los Angeles Times, Cosmos Magazine (Australia), Daily Mail (UK), Slate Magazine, Spiegel (Germany), Die Welt (Germany) Corriere Della Sera (Italy), Globe and Mail (Canada), Smithsonian Maganize, Science Illustrated (Australia), Veja (Brasil), La Tercera (Chile), Belfast Telegraph (UK), Hamburger Abendblatt (Germany), Pacific Standard (US), ABC (Spain), El Mundo (Spain), Аргументы.ру (Russia), Compulenta (Russia), Raut (Russia), Biomolecula (Russia)
    • Mesterton-Gibbons M, Gavrilets S, Gravner J, Akcay E. 2011. "Models of coalition or alliance formation." Journal of Theoretical Biology 274: 187-204 (pdf)
    • Gavrilets S., Anderson DG, Turchin P. 2010. "Cycling in the complexity of early societies." Cliodynamics: The Journal of Theoretical and Mathematical History 1 :  (link to the paper, in the news: 1, 2)
    • Turchin, P. and S. Gavrilets. 2009. "Evolution of complex hierarchical societies." Social Evolution and History 8: 168-198 (pdf)
    • Gavrilets, S., E. A. Duenez-Guzman, and M. D. Vose. 2008. "Dynamics of alliance formation and the egalitarian revolution." PLOS ONE 3: e3293. (link to paper);  (in the news) mpeg movies of the simulations summarized in Figures: 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1e, 1f, 3, and 5.
    • Gavrilets, S. and A. Vose. 2006. "The dynamics of Machiavellian intelligence." PNAS 103: 16823-16828  (abstract) (pdf) (PNAS site)  (in the news)

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    Homosexuality

    • Savolainen, V. et al. 2024. A broader cultural view is necessary to study the evolution of sexual orientation Nature Ecology Evolution https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02273-9. [pdf ]
    • Gavrilets, S. U. Friberg, W. R. Rice 2018. Understanding homosexuality: moving on from patterns to mechanisms. Archives of Sexual Behavior 47:27–31 DOI: 10.1007/s10508-017-1092-4. [pdf ]
    • Rice W. R., Friberg U., and Gavrilets S. 2016. Sexually antagonistic epigenetic marks that canalize sexually dimorphic development. Molecular Ecology 12: DOI: 10.1111/mec.13490 [pdf ]
    • Rice WR, Friberg U, Gavrilets S. 2013. Homosexuality via canalized sexual development: A testing protocol for a new epigenetic model. BioEssays 35: 343-368.[Online]
    • Rice, W. R., U. Friberg, and S. Gavrilets. 2012. "Homosexuality as a consequence of epigenetically canalized sexual development." Quarterly Reviews in Biology 87: 343-368. [ Online]
      Some press coverage: Science, CNN Anderson Cooper 360 (video), TIME Magazine, US News & World Report, Cosmos, New York Daily News, Science, Popular Science, WMC-TV (video), WBIR (video), UPI.com, Knoxville News Sentinel, Huffington Post, Fox News, Daily Mail, Science 2.0, Die Welt (Germany), La Repubblica (Italy), Blitz (Italy), Veja (Brasil), Globo (Brasil), Комсомольская Правда (Russia), Газета.ru (Russia)
    • Gavrilets, S. and Rice, W. R. 2006. "Genetic models of homosexuality: generating testable predictions" Proceedings of the Royal Society London B 273: 3031-3038 (online text) (abstract) (pdf) (in the news)

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    Sexual Conflict

    • Rooker, K. and S. Gavrilets 2020. "On the evolution of sexual receptivity in female primates" Scientific Reports 10: 11945 [online]
    • Rooker, K. and S. Gavrilets. 2018. On the evolution of visual female sexual signalling. Proc. Roy. Soc. B [online] [pdf]
    • Rice W. R., Friberg U., and Gavrilets S. 2016. Sexually antagonistic epigenetic marks that canalize sexually dimorphic development. Molecular Ecology 12: DOI: 10.1111/mec.13490 [pdf ]
    • Rice W. R. and S. Gavrilets (eds.) 2014. "The Genetics and Biology of Sexual Conflict". Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology (ISBN 978-1-621820-59-8)
    • Gavrilets S. 2014. Is sexual conflict an engine of speciation? Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology 6: a017723 [pdf]
    • Rice, W. R., U. Friberg, and S. Gavrilets. 2012. "Homosexuality as a consequence of epigenetically canalized sexual development." Quarterly Reviews in Biology 87: 343-368. [ Online]
      Some press coverage: Science, CNN Anderson Cooper 360 (video), TIME Magazine, US News & World Report, Cosmos, New York Daily News, Science, Popular Science, WMC-TV (video), WBIR (video), UPI.com, Knoxville News Sentinel, Huffington Post, Fox News, Daily Mail, Science 2.0, Die Welt (Germany), La Repubblica (Italy), Blitz (Italy), Veja (Brasil), Globo (Brasil), Комсомольская Правда (Russia), Газета.ru (Russia)
    • Rice, W. R, S. Gavrilets,  U. Friberg. 2010. "The evolution of sex-specific grandparental care." Proc. R. Soc. Biol. Lond.B 277: 2727-2735  (pdf; in the news: 1)
    • Rice, W. R., S. Gavrilets, U. Friberg. 2009. "Sexually antagonistic chromosomal cuckoos." Biology Letters (pdf)
    • W. R. Rice, S. Gavrilets, and U. Friberg. 2008. "Sexually antagonistic 'Zygotic Drive' of the sex chromosomes." PLOS Genetics 4(12): e1000313 ([Online])
    • Hayashi, T. I. , J. L. Marshall, and S. Gavrilets. 2007. "The dynamics of  sexual conflict over mating rate with endosymbiont infection that affects reproductive phenotypes." J. Evol. Biol. 20: 2154-2164. (pdf)
    • Gavrilets, S. and Rice, W. R. 2006. "Genetic models of homosexuality: generating testable predictions" Proceedings of the Royal Society London B 273: 3031-3038 (online text) (abstract) (pdf) (in the news)
    • Miller, P. M., Gavrilets, S. and Rice, W. R. 2006. "Sexual conflict via maternal-effect genes in ZW species." Science 312: 73. (pdf)
    • Gavrilets, S. and Hayashi, T. I. 2006. "The dynamics of two- and three-way sexual conflicts over mating." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 361: 345-354. (abstract) (pdf)
    • Gavrilets, S. and Hayashi, T. I. 2005. "Sexual conflict and speciation"  Evolutionary Ecology. 19: 167-198  (abstract) (pdf)
    • Gavrilets, S. and Waxman, D. 2002. "Sympatric speciation by sexual conflict." PNAS 99: 10533-10538. (abstract) (pdf)(PNAS site)
    • Gavrilets, S., Arnqvist, G. and U. Friberg. 2001. "The evolution of female mate choice by sexual conflict." Proceedings of the Royal Society London B 268: 531-539. (abstract) (pdf)
    • Gavrilets, S. 2000. "Rapid evolution of reproductive barriers driven by sexual conflict." Nature 403: 886-889. (abstract) (pdf) (Supplementary information 1) (Supplementary information 2) (in the news)

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    Speciation, Adaptive Variation, Biological Diversification

    • Thibert-Plante, X. et al. 2020. "Using mathematical modelling to investigate the adaptive divergence of whitefish in Fennoscandia"' Scientific Reports 10: 7394 [Online]
    • Gavrilets S. 2014. Is sexual conflict an engine of speciation? Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology 6: a017723 [pdf]
    • Gavrilets S. 2014. Models of speciation: where are we now? Journal of Heredity 105: 743–755 [pdf]
    • Roesti, M., S. Gavrilets, A.P. Hendry, W. Salzburger, and D. Berner. 2014. The genomic signature of parallel adaptation from shared genetic variation. Molecular Ecology 23: 3944–3956. [pdf] [Online]
      Comment by Welch & Jiggins [pdf]
    • Thibert-Plante, X. and Gavrilets S. 2013. Evolution of mate choice and the so called magic traits in ecological speciation. Ecology Letters 16: 1004-1013.[pdf]
    • Birand A, Vose A, S. Gavrilets. "Patterns of species ranges, speciation, and extinction." 2012. American Naturalist 79: 1-21.
    • Giraud, T., P. Gladieux, and S. Gavrilets. 2010. "Linking emergence of fungal plant diseases and ecological speciation." Trends in Ecology and Evolution 25: 387-395 (pdf; in the news: 1, 2)
    • Gavrilets, S. 2010. High-dimensional fitness landscapes and the origins of biodiversity". In  M. Pigliucci and G. Muller (eds), Evolution, the Extended Synthesis. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. pp.45-80 ( pdf)
    • Gavrilets, S. and J. B. Losos. 2009. "Adaptive radiation: contrasting theory with data'." Science 323: 732-737. (pdf)
    • Fitzpatrick, B. M., J. A. Fordyce, and S. Gavrilets. 2009. "Pattern, process, and geographic modes of speciation." Journal of Evol. Biol. 22: 2342-2347. (pdf)
    • Sadedin, S., J. Hollander, M, Panova, K. Johannesson, S. Gavrilets. 2009. "Case studies and mathematical models of ecological speciation. 3. Ecotype formation in a Swedish snail." Molecular Ecology 18: 4006-4023. (pdf)
    • Duenez-Guzman, E. A., J. Mavarez, M. D. Vose, S. Gavrilets. 2009. "Case studies and mathematical models of ecological speciation. 4. Hybrid speciation in butterflies in a jungle." Evolution 63: 2611-2626. (pdf)
    • Gavrilets, S. and A. Vose. 2009. "Dynamic patterns of adaptive radiation: evolution of mating preferences." In Butlin, RK, J Bridle, and D Schluter (eds), Speciation and Patterns of Diversity, Cambridge University Press, pp. 102-126. (pdf)
    • Fitzpatrick, B. M., J. A. Fordyce, and S. Gavrilets. 2008. "What, if anything, is sympatric speciation?'' J.Evol.Biol. 21: 1452-1459. (pdf)
    • Gavrilets, S., A. Vose, M. Barluenga, W. Salzburger, and A. Meyer. 2007. "Case studies and mathematical models of ecological speciation. 1. Cichlids in a crater lake." Molecular Ecology  16: 2893–2909. (abstract) (pdf) (Complete gallery of graphical results  corresponding to Table 6 and  Table 5); mpeg movies of the simulations summarized in Figures 1(a,d,g,j), 1(b,e,h,k), 1(c,f,i,l), 2(a,d,g,j), 2(b,e,h,k), 2(c,f,i,l)
    • Gavrilets, S. and A. Vose. 2007. "Case studies and mathematical models of ecological speciation. 2. Palms on an oceanic island" Molecular Ecology 16 :2910–2921   (abstract) (pdf) (Complete gallery of graphical results corresponding to Table 2); mpeg movies of the simulations summarized in Figures 1, 2, and 3.
    • McPeek, M. A. and S. Gavrilets 2006. "The evolution of female mating preferences: differentiation from species with promiscuous males can promote speciation." Evolution 60: 1967-1980. (abstract) (pdf) (online text)
    • Gavrilets, S. 2006. "The Maynard Smith model of sympatric speciation." J. Theor. Biol. 239: 172-182. (abstract) (pdf)
    • Gavrilets, S. and A. Vose. 2005 "Dynamic patterns of adaptive radiation." Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102: 18040-18045. (abstract) (pdf) (Supporting information - PNAS site) (Complete gallery of graphical results)
    • Eldredge, N., Thompson, J. N., Brakefield, P. M., Gavrilets, S. , Jablonski, D., Jackson, J.B.C., Lenski, R.E., Lieberman, B.S, McPeek, M. A., and Miller W. 2005. "Dynamics of evolutionary stasis." Paleobiology 31: 133-145. (abstract)(pdf)
    • Gavrilets, S. and Hayashi, T. I. 2005. "Sexual conflict and speciation"  Evolutionary Ecology 19: 167-198  (abstract) (pdf)
    • Gavrilets, S. 2005. "Adaptive speciation: it is not that simple." Evolution 59: 696-699 (pdf)
    • Gavrilets, S. 2004. Fitness Landscapes and the Origin of Species, Princeton University Press, Monographs in Population Biology vol 41. pp.476
    • Gavrilets, S. 2004. "Speciation in metapopulations." In Hanski, I. and O. Gaggiotti (eds.)  Ecology, Genetics and Evolution of Metapopulations. Elsevier, Amsterdam. pp.275-303.   (abstract)
    • Gavrilets, S. 2004. "Theories of allopatric and parapatric speciation." In Dieckmann U., Metz H., Doebeli M., and Taut D. (eds.) The Formation of Biodiversity Through Adaptive Speciation. Oxford University Press (TOC) pp.112-139
    • Gavrilets, S. 2003. "Models of speciation: what have we learned in 40 years?" Evolution 57: 2197-2215.  (abstract) (pdf)
    • Gavrilets, S. 2003. "Evolution and speciation in a hyperspace: the roles of neutrality, selection, mutation and random drift." In Crutchfield, J. and P. Schuster (eds.) Towards a Comprehensive Dynamics of Evolution - Exploring the Interplay of Selection, Neutrality, Accident, and Function. Oxford University Press. pp.135-162. (link) (abstract and TOC) (pdf)
    • Gavrilets, S. and Waxman, D. 2002. "Sympatric speciation by sexual conflict." Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99 :10533-10538. (abstract) (pdf)(PNAS site)
    • Matessi, C., A. Gimelfarb, S. Gavrilets. 2001. "Long term buildup of reproductive isolation promoted by disruptive selection: how far does it go?" Selection 2 : 41-64. (abstract)  (pdf)
    • Gavrilets, S. 2000. "Rapid evolution of reproductive barriers driven by sexual conflict." Nature 403: 886-889. (abstract) (pdf) (Supplementary information 1) (Supplementary information 2) (in the news)
    • Gavrilets, S. 2000. "Waiting time to parapatric speciation." Proceedings of the Royal Society London B 256: 2483-2492. (abstract) (postscript) (pdf)
    • Gavrilets, S., R. Acton and J. Gravner. 2000. "Dynamics of speciation and diversification in a metapopulation." Evolution 54: 1493-1501. (abstract) (pdf) (color figure)
    • Gavrilets, S., Li, H., and Vose, M. D. 2000. "Patterns of parapatric speciation." Evolution 54: 1126-1134. (abstract) (pdf)
    • Gavrilets, S. 2000. "Sexual conflict and speciation - reply." Nature 407: 150. (pdf) [This is a reply to Tregenza et al. comments (pdf)]
    • Gavrilets, S. 1999. "A dynamical theory of speciation on holey adaptive landscapes." American Naturalist 154: 1-22. (abstract) (adap-org/9807005) (pdf) (in the news)
    • Gavrilets, S. 1999. "Dynamics of clade diversification on the morphological hypercube." Proceedings of the Royal Society London B 266: 817-824. (abstract) (pdf) (adap-org/9809002)
    • Gavrilets, S., Li, H., and Vose, M. D. 1998. "Rapid parapatric speciation on holey adaptive landscapes." Proceedings of the Royal Society London B 265: 1483-1489. (abstract) (pdf) (adap-org/9807006)
    • Gavrilets, S., and C. R. B. Boake. 1998. "On the evolution of premating isolation after a founder event." American Naturalist 152: 706-716. (abstract) (pdf)
    • Gavrilets, S. 1997. "Evolution and speciation on holey adaptive landscapes." Trends in Ecology and Evolution 12: 307-312 (abstract) (pdf)
    • Gavrilets, S. and Hastings, A. 1996. "Founder effect speciation: a theoretical reassessment." American Naturalist 147: 466-491. (abstract) (pdf)

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    Fitness Landscapes

    • Gavrilets, S. 2010. High-dimensional fitness landscapes and the origins of biodiversity". In  M. Pigliucci and G. Muller (eds), Evolution, the Extended Synthesis. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. pp.45-80 ( pdf)
    • Gavrilets, S . 2008. "Fitness Landscapes". In S.E.Jørgensen and B.D. Fath, Ecosystems. Vol. 2 of Encyclopedia of Ecology, pp. 1612-1615 Oxford: Elsevier (pdf)
    • Gravner, J., D. Pitman, and S. Gavrilets. 2007. "Percolation on fitness landscapes: effects of correlation, phenotype, and incompatibilities." J. Theor.  Biol. 248: 627-645 (abstract) (pdf)
    • Gavrilets, S. 2004. Fitness Landscapes and the Origin of Species, Princeton University Press, Monographs in Population Biology vol 41. pp.476
    • Gavrilets, S., and J.Gravner. 1997. "Percolation on the fitness hypercube and the evolution of reproductive isolation." Journal of Theoretical Biology 184: 51-64. (abstract) (pdf)
    • Gavrilets, S. 1997. "Evolution and speciation on holey adaptive landscapes." Trends in Ecology and Evolution 12: 307-312 (abstract) (pdf)

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    Coevolution and Frequency-Dependent Selection

    • A. Senthilnathan and S. Gavrilets. 2021. "Ecological consequences of intraspecific variation in coevolutionary systems" American Naturalist 197: 000-000 https://doi.org/10.1086/711886 (online)
    • Gavrilets, S. and Y. Michalakis 2008. "Effects of environmental heterogeneity in victim-exploiter coevolution." Evolution 62: 3100-2116. (pdf)
    • Kopp, M. and Gavrilets, S. 2006. "Multilocus genetics and the coevolution of quantitative traits." Evolution 60: 1321-1336. (abstract) (pdf)
    • Gavrilets, S. and Hastings, A. 1998. "Coevolutionary chase in two-species systems with applications to mimicry." Journal of Theoretical Biology 191: 415-427 (abstract)  (pdf)
    • Gavrilets, S. 1997. "Coevolutionary chase in exploiter-victim systems with polygenic characters." Journal of Theoretical Biology 186: 527-534. (abstract) (pdf)
    • Gavrilets, S. and Hastings, A. 1995. "Intermittency and transient chaos from simple frequency-dependent selection." Proceedings of the Royal Society London B 261: 233-238. (abstract) (pdf)

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    Dynamics and Maintenance of Genetic Variation

    • de Jong, G. and S. Gavrilets. 2000. "Maintenance of genetic variation in phenotypic plasticity: the role of environmental variation." Genetical Research 76: 295-304. (abstract) (pdf)
    • Hastings, A. and S. Gavrilets. 1999. "Global dispersal reduces local diversity." Proceedings of the Royal Society London B 266: 2067-2070. (abstract) (pdf)
    • Gavrilets, S. and M. B. Cruzan. 1998. "Neutral gene flow across single locus clines." Evolution 52: 1277-1284. (abstract)  (pdf)  (Maple notebook)
    • Gavrilets, S. 1998. "One-locus two-allele models with maternal (parental) selection." Genetics 149: 1147-1152. (abstract) (pdf)
    • Gavrilets, S. 1997. "Hybrid zones with epistatic selection of Dobzhansky type." Evolution 51: 1027-1035. (abstract) (pdf)
    • Gavrilets, S. 1997. "Single locus clines". Evolution 51: 979-983. (abstract) (pdf) 
    • Gavrilets, S. 1996. "On phase three of the shifting-balance theory." Evolution 50: 1034-1041. (abstract) (pdf)
    • Gavrilets, S. and Hastings, A. 1995. "Dynamics of polygenic variability under stabilizing selection, recombination, and drift." Genetical Research 65: 63-74. (abstract)
    • Gavrilets, S. and Hastings, A. 1994. "Dynamics of genetic variability in two-locus models of stabilizing selection." Genetics 138: 519-532. (abstract) (pdf)
    • Gavrilets, S., and Hastings, A. 1994. "Multilocus variability under strong stabilizing selection." Journal of Mathematical Biology 32: 287-302. (abstract)
    • Gavrilets, S. and G. de Jong. 1993. "Pleiotropic models of polygenic variation, stabilizing selection, and epistasis." Genetics 134: 609-625. (abstract) (pdf)
    • Gavrilets, S. and Hastings, A. 1993. "Maintenance of genetic variability under strong stabilizing selection: a two locus model." Genetics 134: 377-386. (abstract) (pdf)
    • Gavrilets, S. 1993. "Equilibria in an epistatic viability model under arbitrary strength of selection." Journal of Mathematical Biology 31: 397-410. (abstract)
    • Zhivotovsky L.A. and Gavrilets, S. 1992. "Quantitative variability and multilocus polymorphism under stabilizing selection." Theoretical Population Biology 42: 254-283. (abstract) (pdf)
    • Zhivotovsky L.A. and Gavrilets, S. Yu. 1990."Stabilizing selection and linkage disequilibrium." Soviet Genetics 26: 222-231.
    • Dubrova Yu. E. and Gavrilets S. Yu. 1989. "Epistatic gene interactions in the descendants of distinct marriages within Russian population." Doklady Biological Sciences 309: 211-214.
    • Gavrilets S. Yu. and Zhivotovsky L.A. 1989. "The effects of stabilizing selection on the genetic variance and linkage disequilibrium." Doklady Biological Sciences 304: 730-733.

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    Division of Labor

    • Tverskoi, D. and Gavrilets, S. 2021. "The evolution of germ-soma specialization under different genetic and environmental effects." Journal of Theoretical Biology 534: 110964. (lik)
    • Gavrilets, S. "Rapid transition towards the division of labor via evolution of developmental plasticity." 2010. PLOS Computational Biology 6: e1000805 (link to the paper; in the news: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

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    Phenotypic Plasticity, Reaction Norms, and Genotype-Environment Interaction

    • de Jong, G. and S. Gavrilets. 2000. "Maintenance of genetic variation in phenotypic plasticity: the role of environmental variation." Genetical Research 76: 295-304. (abstract) (pdf)
    • Gavrilets, S ., and Hastings, A. 1994. "A quantitative genetic model for selection on developmental noise." Evolution 48: 1478-1486. (abstract) (pdf)
    • Gavrilets, S. and Scheiner S. 1993. "The genetics of phenotypic plasticity. VI. Theoretical predictions for directional selection." Journal of Evolutionary Biology 6: 49-68. (abstract)
    • Gavrilets, S. and Scheiner S. 1993. "The genetics of phenotypic plasticity. V. Evolution of reaction norm shape." Journal of Evolutionary Biology 6: 31-48. (abstract)
    • Gavrilets, S. Yu . 1988. "Evolution of modificational variability in random environments." Journal of General Biology (USSR) 49: 271-276 (in Russian).
    • Gavrilets, S. Yu . 1986. "An approach to modeling of the population evolution with account of genotype-environment interaction." Soviet Genetics 22: 36-45.

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    Other Cool Stuff

    • Waxman, D. and Gavrilets, S. 2005. "20 Questions on Adaptive Dynamics." J. of Evolutionary Biology 18: 1139-1154 (abstract) (pdf)
    • Waxman, D. and Gavrilets, S. 2005. "Issues of terminology, gradient dynamics, and the ease of sympatric speciation in Adaptive Dynamics." J. of Evolutionary Biology 18: 1214-1219 (pdf)
    • Gavrilets, S . and Gibson, N. 2002. "Fixation probabilities in a spatially heterogeneous environment." Population Ecology 44: 51-58. (abstract) (pdf)
    • Gavrilets, S. Yu ., Gigauri A, Razzhevaikin V.N., and Svirezhev, Yu M. 1983. "Nonlinear waves in ecological and epidemiological problems." Bull. Inst. Syst. Stud. (USSR) 7, p.21-41 (in Russian).

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    Other Publications

    • Duenez-Guzman, E. A., A. D. Vose, M. D. Vose, S. Gavrilets. 2009. "Simulating population genetics on the XT5." Proceeding of the "Compute the Future" Cray Users Group Conference, Atlanta.
    • Shpak, M. and S. Gavrilets. 2006. "Population genetics: multilocus." In Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (updated version of Gavrilets 2001).  London: Nature Publishing Group. http://www.els.net/
    • Saum, M. and Gavrilets, S. 2006. "CA simulation of biological evolution in genetic hyperspace". In El Yacoubi, S., Chopard, B. and Bandini, S. (eds.) Cellular Automata. Springer, Berlin. pp.3-12. (online text)
    • Gavrilets, S. 2002. "Evolutionary Genetics." In Eldredge, N. (ed.) Life on Earth. Encyclodedia of Biodiversity, Ecology, and Evolution . ABC-CLIO: Santa Barbara, CA. pp. 347-352. (pdf)
    • Gavrilets, S. 2001. "Population genetics: multilocus." Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. Macmillan Reference Limited. (link) (postscript) (pdf)
    • Smiriaev A.V. and Gavrilets S. Yu. 1984. "Approaches to the comparison of genotypes by a complex of characteristics." Soviet Genetics 20: 1998-2010.
    • Smiriaev A.V. and Gavrilets S.Yu. 1984. "Evaluation of plant varieties on the basis of multiple traits." Doklady Agricultural Sciences N11, 14-16.
    • Gavrilets S. Yu. 1984. "Generalizations of the regression on the mean method." Bull. Mosc. Soc. Nat. Gen. Biol. Div 55-58 (in Russian).

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