Sergey Gavrilets
Publications

Publications

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Selected recent publications

  1. Gavrilets, S. et al.. 2026. “The cultural evolution of pluralistic ignorance.” PNAS 123 e2522998123. [pdf]
  2. Gavrilets, S. and P. Seabright. 2025. “The evolution of zero-sum and positive-sum worldviews.” PNAS 122 e2504339122. [pdf]
  3. Gelfand, M. et al.. 2024. “Norm dynamics: interdisciplinary perspectives on social norm emergence, persistence, and change.” Ann. Rev. Psy. 75: 341-378. [pdf]
  4. Gavrilets, S. et al.. 2024. “Co-evolution of behavior and beliefs in social dilemmas: estimating material, social, cognitive and cultural determinants.” Evolutionary Human Sciences 6, e50. [pdf]
  5. Tverskoi, D. et al.. 2024. “Cultural tightness and resilience against environmental shocks in nonindustrial societies.” PNAS 121(49) e2403386121. [pdf]
  6. 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. [pdf]
  7. Zhang, B. et al.. 2024. “Kinship can hinder cooperation in heterogeneous populations.” Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 219: 231-243. [pdf]
  8. Ross, C. T. et al.. 2023. “Reproductive inequality in humans and other mammals.” PNAS 120: e2220124120. [pdf]
  9. Turchin, P. et al.. 2022. “Disentangling the Evolutionary Drivers of Social Complexity: a Comprehensive Test of Hypotheses.” Science Advances 8: eabn3517. [pdf]
  10. Houle, C. et al.. 2022. “Inequality between identity groups and social unrest.” J. R. Soc. Interface 19: 20210725. [pdf]
  11. Gavrilets, S.. 2021. “Coevolution of actions, personal norms, and beliefs about others in social dilemmas.” Evolutionary Human Sciences 3: e44. [pdf]
  12. Richerson, P. J. et al.. 2021. “Modern theories of human evolution foreshadowed by Darwin's Descent of Man.” Science 372: eaba3776. [pdf]
  13. Gavrilets, S.. 2020. “The dynamics of injunctive social norm.” Evolutionary Human Sciences 2: e60. [pdf]
  14. Rusch, H. and S. Gavrilets. 2020. “The logic of animal intergroup conflict: A review.” Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 178: 1014-1030. [pdf]

Topic areas

Social Behavior and Social Complexity

  1. Gavrilets, S. et al.. 2026. “The cultural evolution of pluralistic ignorance.” PNAS 123 e2522998123. [pdf]
  2. Gavrilets, S. and P. Seabright. 2025. “The evolution of zero-sum and positive-sum worldviews.” PNAS 122 e2504339122. [pdf]
  3. Guido, A. et al.. 2025. “Nudging or nagging: The perils of persuasion.” Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 2405: 107243. [pdf]
  4. Lipatov, M. et al.. 2025. “Coevolution of network and attitudes under competing propaganda machines.” npj Complexity 2, 9. [pdf]
  5. Rosokha, Y. et al.. 2025. “Cooperation under the shadow of political inequality.” Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 172, 104988. [pdf]
  6. Rosokha, Y., Lyu, X., Tverskoi, D. and Gavrilets, S.. 2024. “The Political Hare and the Stag Hunt.” SSRN. [pdf]
  7. Rosokha, X., Lyu, D., Tverskoi, D. and S. Gavrilets. 2024. “Cooperation under the shadow of political inequality.” Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 104988. [pdf]
  8. Gavrilets, S., D. Tverskoi, N. Wang, X. Wang, J. Ozaita, B. Zhang, A. Sánchez and G. Andrighetto. 2024. “Co-evolution of behavior and beliefs in social dilemmas: estimating material, social, cognitive and cultural determinants.” Evolutionary Human Sciences 6, e50. [pdf]
  9. Tverskoi, D., C. R. Ember, M. J. Gelfand, E. C. Jones, I. Skoggard, L. Touté and S. Gavrilets. 2024. “Cultural tightness and resilience against environmental shocks in nonindustrial societies.” PNAS 121(49) e2403386121. [pdf]
  10. Alger, I., S. Gavrilets and P. Durkee. 2024. “Proximate and ultimate drivers of norms and norm change.” Current Opinion in Psychology 60: 101916. [pdf]
  11. Andrighetto, G., S. Gavrilets, M. Gelfand, R. Mace, E. Vriens. 2024. “Social norm change: drivers and consequences.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 379(1897), 20230023. [pdf]
  12. Gelfand, M., S. Gavrilets, and N. Nunn. 2024. “Norm Dynamics: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Social Norm Emergence, Persistence, and Change.” Ann. Rev. Psych. 75: 341-378. [pdf]
  13. 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. [pdf]
  14. Zhang, B. et al.. 2024. “Kinship can hinder cooperation in heterogeneous populations.” Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. [pdf]
  15. Rosokha, Y. et al.. 2024. “Evolution of cooperation in the indefinitely repeated collective action with a contest for power.” Economic Theory. [pdf]
  16. Guido, A. et al.. 2023. “Nudging or nagging: The perils of persuasion.” SSRN. [pdf]
  17. 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. [pdf]
  18. Tverskoi, D. et al.. 2023. “Disentangling material, social, and cognitive determinants of human behavior and beliefs.” Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 10: 236. [pdf]
  19. Ross, C. T. et al.. 2023. “Reproductive inequality in humans and other mammals.” PNAS 120: e2220124120. [pdf]
  20. Gavrilets, S. and P. J. Richerson. 2022. “Authority matters: propaganda and the coevolution of behaviour and attitudes.” Evolutionary Human Sciences 4: e51. [pdf]
  21. Turchin, P. et al.. 2022. “Disentangling the Evolutionary Drivers of Social Complexity: a Comprehensive Test of Hypotheses.” Science Advances 8: eabn3517. [pdf]
  22. Gavrilets, S. and T. E. Currie. 2022. “Models of institutional dynamics.” In Organizational Complexity and Institutional Dynamics. [pdf]
  23. Houle, C. et al.. 2022. “Inequality between identity groups and social unrest.” J. R. Soc. Interface 19: 20210725. [pdf]
  24. Tverskoi, D. et al.. 2022. “The spread of technological innovations: effects of psychology, culture, and policy interventions.” J. R. Soc. Open Science 9: 211833. [pdf]
  25. Gavrilets, S.. 2022. “Foresight, Punishment, and Cooperation.” In Handbook of Advances in Culture and Psychology. [pdf]
  26. Whitehouse, H. et al.. 2022. “Disentangling the Evolutionary Drivers of Social Complexity: a Comprehensive Test of Hypotheses.” Science Advances. [pdf]
  27. S. Gavrilets and P. J. Richerson. 2022. “The dynamics of norm internalization and behavior: the effects of inculcation, propaganda, and social identity.” [pdf]
  28. Gavrilets, S.. 2021. “Coevolution of actions, personal norms, and beliefs about others in social dilemmas.” Evolutionary Human Sciences 3: e44. [pdf]
  29. Turchin, P. and Gavrilets, S.. 2021. “Tempo and mode in cultural macroevolution.” Evolutionary Psychology. [pdf]
  30. 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. [pdf]
  31. Tverskoi, D., Senthilnathan, A. and S. Gavrilets. 2021. “The dynamics of cooperation, power, and inequality in a group-structured society.” Scientific Reports 18: 18670. [pdf]
  32. 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. [pdf]
  33. Gavrilets, S. and M. Duwal Shrestha. 2021. “Evolving institutions for collective action by selective imitation and self-interested design.” Evolution and Human Behavior. [pdf]
  34. 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. [pdf]
  35. Gavrilets, S.. 2020. “The dynamics of injunctive social norm.” Evolutionary Human Sciences 2: e60. [pdf]
  36. 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. [pdf]
  37. Ross, C. T. et al.. 2020. “The multinomial index: a robust measure of reproductive skew in animal societies.” Proc. Royal Soc. B 287: 20202025. [pdf]
  38. Perry, L. and S. Gavrilets. 2020. “Foresight in a game of leadership.” Scientific Reports 10: 2251. [pdf]
  39. Lozano, P., S. Gavrilets, and A. Sanchez. 2020. “Cooperation, social norm internalization and the arising of hierarchically structured societies.” Scientific Reports 10: 15359. [pdf]
  40. Morozov, A., S. Petrovskii and S. Gavrilets. 2019. “The Yellow Vests Movement - a case of long transient dynamics?.” Preprint. [pdf]
  41. Turchin, P. et al.. 2018. “A history of possible futures: multipath forecasting of social breakdown, recovery, and resilience.” Cliodynamics 9: 124-139. [pdf]
  42. Perry, L. et al.. 2018. “Collective action problem in heterogeneous groups with punishment and foresight.” Journal of Statistical Physics. [pdf]
  43. Turchin, P., S. Gavrilets, J. A. Goldstone. 2017. “Linking “micro” to “macro” models of state breakdown to improve methods for political forecasting.” Cliodynamics 8: 159-181. [pdf]
  44. Gavrilets, S. and P. J. Richerson. 2017. “Collective action and the evolution of social norm internalization.” PNAS 114: 6068-6073. [pdf]
  45. Rusch, H. and S. Gavrilets. 2017. “The logic of animal intergroup conflict: A review.” Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. [pdf]
  46. Whitehouse, H. et al.. 2017. “The evolution of extreme cooperation via shared dysphoric experiences.” Scientific Reports 7: 44292. [pdf]
  47. Gavrilets, S., J. Auerbach, and M. van Vugt. 2016. “Convergence to consensus in heterogeneous groups and the emergence of informal leadership.” Scientific Reports 6: 29704. [pdf]
  48. 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. [pdf]
  49. Rooker, K. and S. Gavrilets. 2016. “Evolution of long-term pair-bonding in humans.” Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. [pdf]
  50. Gavrilets, S.. 2015. “Collective action problem in heterogeneous groups.” Phil. Trans. B 370: 20150016. [pdf]
  51. von Rueden, C., S. Gavrilets, L. Glowacki. 2015. “Solving the puzzle of collective action through inter-individual differences.” Phil. Trans. B 370: 20150002. [pdf]
  52. Gavrilets, S.. 2015. “Collective action and the collaborative brain.” Interface 12: article 20141067. [pdf]
  53. 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]
  54. 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. [pdf]
  55. 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. [pdf]
  56. de Waal, F. B. M. and Gavrilets, S.. 2013. “Monogamy with a purpose.” PNAS 110: 15167-15168. [pdf]
  57. Gonzalez-Forero, M. and Gavrilets, S.. 2013. “Evolution of manipulated behavior.” American Naturalist 182: 439-451. [pdf]
  58. 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. [pdf]
  59. Mesterton-Gibbons, M., Gavrilets, S., Gravner, J., Akcay, E.. 2011. “Models of coalition or alliance formation.” Journal of Theoretical Biology 274: 187-204. [pdf]
  60. Gavrilets, S., Anderson, D. G., Turchin, P.. 2010. “Cycling in the complexity of early societies.” Cliodynamics 1. [pdf]
  61. Turchin, P. and S. Gavrilets. 2009. “Evolution of complex hierarchical societies.” Social Evolution and History 8: 168-198. [pdf]
  62. Gavrilets, S., E. A. Duenez-Guzman, and M. D. Vose. 2008. “Dynamics of alliance formation and the egalitarian revolution.” PLOS ONE 3: e3293. [pdf]
  63. Gavrilets, S. and A. Vose. 2006. “The dynamics of Machiavellian intelligence.” PNAS 103: 16823-16828. [pdf]

Homosexuality

  1. Savolainen, V. et al.. 2024. “A broader cultural view is necessary to study the evolution of sexual orientation.” Nature Ecology & Evolution. [pdf]
  2. Gavrilets, S., U. Friberg, W. R. Rice. 2018. “Understanding homosexuality: moving on from patterns to mechanisms.” Archives of Sexual Behavior 47: 27-31. [pdf]
  3. Rice, W. R., Friberg, U., and Gavrilets, S.. 2016. “Sexually antagonistic epigenetic marks that canalize sexually dimorphic development.” Molecular Ecology 12. [pdf]
  4. Rice, W. R., Friberg, U., and Gavrilets, S.. 2013. “Homosexuality via canalized sexual development: A testing protocol for a new epigenetic model.” BioEssays 35: 343-368. [pdf]
  5. Rice, W. R., U. Friberg, and S. Gavrilets. 2012. “Homosexuality as a consequence of epigenetically canalized sexual development.” Quarterly Review of Biology 87: 343-368. [pdf]
  6. Gavrilets, S. and Rice, W. R.. 2006. “Genetic models of homosexuality: generating testable predictions.” Proceedings of the Royal Society London B 273: 3031-3038. [pdf]

Sexual Conflict

  1. Rooker, K. and S. Gavrilets. 2020. “On the evolution of sexual receptivity in female primates.” Scientific Reports 10: 11945. [pdf]
  2. Rooker, K. and S. Gavrilets. 2018. “On the evolution of visual female sexual signalling.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B. [pdf]
  3. Rice, W. R., Friberg, U., and Gavrilets, S.. 2016. “Sexually antagonistic epigenetic marks that canalize sexually dimorphic development.” Molecular Ecology 12. [pdf]
  4. Rice, W. R. and S. Gavrilets (eds.). 2014. “The Genetics and Biology of Sexual Conflict.” Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. [pdf]
  5. Gavrilets, S.. 2014. “Is sexual conflict an engine of speciation?.” Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology 6: a017723. [pdf]
  6. Rice, W. R., U. Friberg, and S. Gavrilets. 2012. “Homosexuality as a consequence of epigenetically canalized sexual development.” Quarterly Review of Biology 87: 343-368. [pdf]
  7. Rice, W. R., S. Gavrilets, U. Friberg. 2010. “The evolution of sex-specific grandparental care.” Proc. R. Soc. B 277: 2727-2735. [pdf]
  8. Rice, W. R., S. Gavrilets, U. Friberg. 2009. “Sexually antagonistic chromosomal cuckoos.” Biology Letters. [pdf]
  9. W. R. Rice, S. Gavrilets, and U. Friberg. 2008. “Sexually antagonistic “Zygotic Drive” of the sex chromosomes.” PLOS Genetics 4(12): e1000313. [pdf]
  10. 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]
  11. Gavrilets, S. and Rice, W. R.. 2006. “Genetic models of homosexuality: generating testable predictions.” Proceedings of the Royal Society London B 273: 3031-3038. [pdf]
  12. Miller, P. M., Gavrilets, S. and Rice, W. R.. 2006. “Sexual conflict via maternal-effect genes in ZW species.” Science 312: 73. [pdf]
  13. 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. [pdf]
  14. Gavrilets, S. and Hayashi, T. I.. 2005. “Sexual conflict and speciation.” Evolutionary Ecology 19: 167-198. [pdf]
  15. Gavrilets, S. and Waxman, D.. 2002. “Sympatric speciation by sexual conflict.” PNAS 99: 10533-10538. [pdf]
  16. 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. [pdf]
  17. Gavrilets, S.. 2000. “Rapid evolution of reproductive barriers driven by sexual conflict.” Nature 403: 886-889. [pdf]

Speciation, Adaptive Variation, Biological Diversification

  1. Thibert-Plante, X. et al.. 2020. “Using mathematical modelling to investigate the adaptive divergence of whitefish in Fennoscandia.” Scientific Reports 10: 7394. [pdf]
  2. Gavrilets, S.. 2014. “Is sexual conflict an engine of speciation?.” Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology 6: a017723. [pdf]
  3. Gavrilets, S.. 2014. “Models of speciation: where are we now?.” Journal of Heredity 105: 743-755. [pdf]
  4. 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]
  5. 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]
  6. Birand, A., Vose, A., S. Gavrilets. 2012. “Patterns of species ranges, speciation, and extinction.” American Naturalist 79: 1-21. [pdf]
  7. 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]
  8. Gavrilets, S.. 2010. “High-dimensional fitness landscapes and the origins of biodiversity.” In Evolution, the Extended Synthesis, pp. 45-80. [pdf]
  9. Gavrilets, S. and J. B. Losos. 2009. “Adaptive radiation: contrasting theory with data.” Science 323: 732-737. [pdf]
  10. Fitzpatrick, B. M., J. A. Fordyce, and S. Gavrilets. 2009. “Pattern, process, and geographic modes of speciation.” Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22: 2342-2347. [pdf]
  11. 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]
  12. 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]
  13. Gavrilets, S. and A. Vose. 2009. “Dynamic patterns of adaptive radiation: evolution of mating preferences.” In Speciation and Patterns of Diversity, pp. 102-126. [pdf]
  14. Fitzpatrick, B. M., J. A. Fordyce, and S. Gavrilets. 2008. “What, if anything, is sympatric speciation?.” J. Evol. Biol. 21: 1452-1459. [pdf]
  15. 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. [pdf]
  16. 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. [pdf]
  17. 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. [pdf]
  18. Gavrilets, S.. 2006. “The Maynard Smith model of sympatric speciation.” J. Theor. Biol. 239: 172-182. [pdf]
  19. Gavrilets, S. and A. Vose. 2005. “Dynamic patterns of adaptive radiation.” PNAS 102: 18040-18045. [pdf]
  20. 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. [pdf]
  21. Gavrilets, S.. 2004. “Fitness Landscapes and the Origin of Species.” Princeton University Press. [pdf]
  22. Gavrilets, S.. 2004. “Fitness landscapes and the origin of species.” Monographs in Population Biology 41. [pdf]
  23. Gavrilets, S.. 2004. “A dynamical theory of speciation on holey adaptive landscapes.” American Naturalist 154: 1-22. [pdf]
  24. Gavrilets, S.. 1999. “Dynamics of clade diversification on the morphological hypercube.” Proceedings of the Royal Society London B 266: 817-824. [pdf]
  25. 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. [pdf]
  26. Gavrilets, S. and C. R. B. Boake. 1998. “On the evolution of premating isolation after a founder event.” American Naturalist 152: 706-716. [pdf]
  27. Gavrilets, S.. 1997. “Evolution and speciation on holey adaptive landscapes.” Trends in Ecology and Evolution 12: 307-312. [pdf]
  28. Gavrilets, S. and Hastings, A.. 1996. “Founder effect speciation: a theoretical reassessment.” American Naturalist 147: 466-491. [pdf]

Fitness Landscapes

  1. Gavrilets, S.. 2024. “Navigating the landscape of complexity.” Foundational Papers in Complexity Science 1: 49-58. [pdf]
  2. Gavrilets, S.. 2010. “High-dimensional fitness landscapes and the origins of biodiversity.” In Evolution, the Extended Synthesis, pp. 45-80. [pdf]
  3. Gavrilets, S.. 2008. “Fitness Landscapes.” Encyclopedia of Ecology 2: 1612-1615. [pdf]
  4. Gravner, J., D. Pitman, and S. Gavrilets. 2007. “Percolation on fitness landscapes: effects of correlation, phenotype, and incompatibilities.” J. Theor. Biol. 248: 627-645. [pdf]
  5. Gavrilets, S.. 2004. “Fitness Landscapes and the Origin of Species.” Princeton University Press. [pdf]
  6. Gavrilets, S., and J. Gravner. 1997. “Percolation on the fitness hypercube and the evolution of reproductive isolation.” Journal of Theoretical Biology 184: 51-64. [pdf]
  7. Gavrilets, S.. 1997. “Evolution and speciation on holey adaptive landscapes.” Trends in Ecology and Evolution 12: 307-312. [pdf]

Coevolution and Frequency-Dependent Selection

  1. Senthilnathan, A. and S. Gavrilets. 2021. “Ecological consequences of intraspecific variation in coevolutionary systems.” American Naturalist 197. [pdf]
  2. Gavrilets, S. and Y. Michalakis. 2008. “Effects of environmental heterogeneity in victim-exploiter coevolution.” Evolution 62: 3100-2116. [pdf]
  3. Kopp, M. and Gavrilets, S.. 2006. “Multilocus genetics and the coevolution of quantitative traits.” Evolution 60: 1321-1336. [pdf]
  4. Gavrilets, S. and Hastings, A.. 1998. “Coevolutionary chase in two-species systems with applications to mimicry.” Journal of Theoretical Biology 191: 415-427. [pdf]
  5. Gavrilets, S.. 1997. “Coevolutionary chase in exploiter-victim systems with polygenic characters.” Journal of Theoretical Biology 186: 527-534. [pdf]
  6. 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. [pdf]

Dynamics and Maintenance of Genetic Variation

  1. de Jong, G. and S. Gavrilets. 2000. “Maintenance of genetic variation in phenotypic plasticity: the role of environmental variation.” Genetical Research 76: 295-304. [pdf]
  2. Hastings, A. and S. Gavrilets. 1999. “Global dispersal reduces local diversity.” Proceedings of the Royal Society London B 266: 2067-2070. [pdf]
  3. Gavrilets, S. and M. B. Cruzan. 1998. “Neutral gene flow across single locus clines.” Evolution 52: 1277-1284. [pdf]
  4. Gavrilets, S.. 1998. “One-locus two-allele models with maternal (parental) selection.” Genetics 149: 1147-1152. [pdf]
  5. Gavrilets, S.. 1997. “Hybrid zones with epistatic selection of Dobzhansky type.” Evolution 51: 1027-1035. [pdf]
  6. Gavrilets, S.. 1997. “Single locus clines.” Evolution 51: 979-983. [pdf]
  7. Gavrilets, S.. 1996. “On phase three of the shifting-balance theory.” Evolution 50: 1034-1041. [pdf]
  8. Gavrilets, S. and Hastings, A.. 1995. “Dynamics of polygenic variability under stabilizing selection, recombination, and drift.” Genetical Research 65: 63-74. [pdf]
  9. Gavrilets, S. and Hastings, A.. 1994. “Dynamics of genetic variability in two-locus models of stabilizing selection.” Genetics 138: 519-532. [pdf]
  10. Gavrilets, S. and Hastings, A.. 1994. “Multilocus variability under strong stabilizing selection.” Journal of Mathematical Biology 32: 287-302. [pdf]
  11. Gavrilets, S. and G. de Jong. 1993. “Pleiotropic models of polygenic variation, stabilizing selection, and epistasis.” Genetics 134: 609-625. [pdf]
  12. Gavrilets, S. and Hastings, A.. 1993. “Maintenance of genetic variability under strong stabilizing selection: a two locus model.” Genetics 134: 377-386. [pdf]
  13. Gavrilets, S.. 1993. “Equilibria in an epistatic viability model under arbitrary strength of selection.” Journal of Mathematical Biology 31: 397-410. [pdf]
  14. Zhivotovsky, L. A. and Gavrilets, S.. 1992. “Quantitative variability and multilocus polymorphism under stabilizing selection.” Theoretical Population Biology 42: 254-283. [pdf]
  15. Zhivotovsky, L. A. and Gavrilets, S. Yu.. 1990. “Stabilizing selection and linkage disequilibrium.” Soviet Genetics 26: 222-231. [pdf]