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Research Evolution

Publication output per year. The group's themes have diversified significantly since 2016.

Research Output

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Explore our work across evolutionary biology, game theory, and ecological dynamics — filter by topic to find what interests you.

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2026
Phenotypic polymorphism via mate copying
Srishti Patil, Sabine Nöbel, Chaitanya S. Gokhale
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
social learning life history theory sexual selection evolutionary game theory
2026
Optimising play for learning risky behaviour
Dharanish Rajendra, Chaitanya S. Gokhale
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
life history theory behavioural adaptation social learning
2026
The latitudinal speciation gradient in freshwater fishes: Higher speciation across assemblages at higher latitudes in the northern hemisphere
Juliana Herrera-Pérez, Juan Carvajal-Quintero, Axel Arango, Daniel Valencia-Rodríguez, Ana Berenice García-Andrade, Pablo Tedesco, Fabricio Villalobos
PLOS One 21(1)
speciation biogeography diversification
2025
On multiple infections by parasites with complex life cycles
Phuong L. Nguyen, Chaitanya S. Gokhale
OIKOS
host parasite coevolution species interactions eco evolutionary dynamics
2025
Public Goods Games in Disease Evolution and Spread
C. Morison, Małgorzata Fic, T. Marcou, J. Mohamadichamgavi, J. Redondo Antón, G. Sayyar, A. Stein, Florian Bastian, H. Krakovská, Nandakishore Krishnan, D. Pires, M. R. Satouri, F. J. Thomsen, K. Tjikundi, W. Ali
Dynamic Games and Applications
evolutionary game theory public goods social dilemma disease management
2025
Compartment model of strategy-dependent time delays in replicator dynamics
Małgorzata Fic, Frank Bastian, Jacek Miękisz, Chaitanya S. Gokhale
Journal of Theoretical Biology 601
evolutionary game theory replicator dynamics eco evolutionary dynamics
2025
Collective cooperative intelligence
Wolfram Barfuss, Jessica Flack, Chaitanya S. Gokhale, Lewis Hammond, Christian Hilbe, Edward Hughes, Joel Z. Leibo, Tom Lenaerts, Naomi Leonard, Simon Levin, Udari Madhushani Sehwag, Alex McAvoy, Janusz M. Meylahn, Fernando P. Santos
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 122(25)
evolutionary game theory cooperation collective action
2025
Broad geographic dispersal is not a diversification driver for Emberizoidea
Axel Arango, Jesús Pinto-Ledezma, Octavio Rojas-Soto, Fabricio Villalobos
Proceedings of the Royal Society B
speciation diversification biogeography ecological specialization
2025
The cost of fungicide resistance evolution in multi-field plant epidemics
Alexey Mikaberidze, Chaitanya S. Gokhale, Maria Bargués-Ribera, Prateek Verma
PLOS Sustainability and Transformation 4(6)
agriculture resistance evolution eco evolutionary dynamics food security
2025
The Evolution of Dependence and Cohesion in Incipient Endosymbioses
Gaurav S. Athreya, Pete Czuppon, Chaitanya S. Gokhale
The American Naturalist
mutualism symbiosis eco evolutionary dynamics species interactions
2025
The effects of the dispersal ability in the diversification dynamics of Emberizoidea (Aves: Passeriformes)
Axel Arango, Jesús Pinto-Ledezma, Octavio Rojas-Soto, Fabricio Villalobos
Evolution
speciation diversification biogeography
2025
Coexistence rules for small, antagonistically interacting microbial communities
Gaurav S. Athreya, Chaitanya S. Gokhale, Prateek Verma
PLOS Computational Biology
microbial evolution species interactions eco evolutionary dynamics
2025
History, climate, and competition shape ecological specialization in the Emberizoidea radiation
Axel Arango, Marcell K. Peters, Chaitanya S. Gokhale
Journal of Avian Biology
ecological specialization biogeography speciation phylogenetics
2024
Effects of time spent in pregnancy or brooding on immunocompetence
Vandana R. Venkateswaran, Chaitanya S. Gokhale, Marc Mangel, Sigrunn Eliassen
Ecology & Evolution 14(1)
life history theory parental investment
2024
Catalysing cooperation: the power of collective beliefs in structured populations
Małgorzata Fic, Chaitanya S. Gokhale
npj Complexity 1
evolutionary game theory cooperation collective action social learning
2024
The Free-Running Circasemilunar Period Is Determined by Counting Circadian Clock Cycles in the Marine Midge Clunio Marinus
Jule Neumann, Dharanish Rajendra, Tobias S. Kaiser
Journal of Biological Rhythms
life history theory behavioural adaptation
2023
Optimizing crop rotations via Parrondo’s paradox for sustainable agriculture
Chaitanya S. Gokhale, Nikhil Sharma
Royal Society Open Science 10
agriculture food security eco evolutionary dynamics
2023
Theoretical assessment of persistence and adaptation in weeds with complex life cycles
Dana Lauenroth, Chaitanya S. Gokhale
Nature Plants 9
agriculture resistance evolution food security eco evolutionary dynamics
2023
Ecological Drivers of Community Cohesion
Chaitanya S. Gokhale, Mariana Velasque, Jai A. Denton
mSystems
microbial evolution species interactions eco evolutionary dynamics synthetic biology
2023
Eco-evolutionary logic of mutualisms
Chaitanya S. Gokhale, Marcus Frean, Paul B. Rainey
Dynamic Games and Applications
evolutionary game theory mutualism species interactions eco evolutionary dynamics
2023
The Effect of Mating Complexity on Gene Drive Dynamics
Prateek Verma, R. Guy Reeves, Samson Simon, Mathias Otto, Chaitanya S. Gokhale
The American Naturalist 201(1)
gene drive synthetic biology eco evolutionary dynamics
2022
Collective narratives catalyse cooperation
Chaitanya S. Gokhale, Joseph Bulbulia, Marcus Frean
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 9
evolutionary game theory cooperation collective action social learning
2022
Evolution of reproductive strategies in incipient multicellularity
Yuanxiao Gao, Yuriy Pichugin, Chaitanya S. Gokhale, Arne Traulsen
JJournal of the Royal Society Interface 19
eco evolutionary dynamics population dynamics species interactions
2022
The Covid-19 Pandemic: Basic Insights from Basic Mathematical Models
Arne Traulsen, Chaitanya S. Gokhale, Saumil Shah, Hildegard Uecker
NOVA ACTA LEOPOLDINA
epidemiology disease management stochastic modelling
2021
How sequence populations persist inside bacterial genomes
Hye Jin Park, Chaitanya S. Gokhale, Frederic Bertels
Genetics
microbial evolution mobile genetic elements bacterial genomics population dynamics
2021
Memory shapes microbial populations
Chaitanya S. Gokhale, Stefano Giaimo, Philippe Remigi
PLoS Computational Biology 17
microbial evolution eco evolutionary dynamics stochastic modelling
2021
On the fitness of informative cues in complex environments
Fabrizio Mafessoni, Michael Lachmann, Chaitanya S. Gokhale
Journal of Theoretical Biology 527
eco evolutionary dynamics stochastic modelling population dynamics
2021
Consequences of combining sex‐specific traits
Vandana Revathi Venkateswaran, Olivia Roth, Chaitanya S. Gokhale
Evolution
life history theory sexual selection parental investment eco evolutionary dynamics
2021
A common gene drive language eases regulatory process and eco-evolutionary extensions
Prateek Verma, R. Guy Reeves, Chaitanya S. Gokhale
BMC Ecology and Evolution 21
gene drive synthetic biology microbial evolution
2020
Eco-evolutionary Spatial Dynamicsof Nonlinear Social Dilemmas
Chaitanya S. Gokhale, Hye Jin Park
Advances in Dynamic Games
evolutionary game theory public goods social dilemma eco evolutionary dynamics
2020
How strategy environment and wealth shape altruistic behaviour: cooperation rules affecting wealth distribution in dynamic networks
Spandan Pathak, Prateek Verma, Sumit K. Ram, Supratim Sengupta
Proceedings of the Royal Society B 287
evolutionary game theory social dilemma cooperation
2020
Synthetic Symbiosis under Environmental Disturbances
Jai A. Denton, Chaitanya S. Gokhale
mSystems 5(3)
synthetic biology mutualism species interactions eco evolutionary dynamics
2020 BOOK CHAPTER
Henri in Wonderland
Hanna Schenk, Chaitanya S. Gokhale, Arne Traulsen
The Art of Theoretical Biology
evolutionary game theory
2020
Eco-evolutionary agriculture: Host-pathogen dynamics in crop rotations
Maria Bargués-Ribera, Chaitanya S. Gokhale
PLoS Computational Biology 16(1)
agriculture host parasite coevolution resistance evolution eco evolutionary dynamics food security
2019
Synthetic Mutualism and the Intervention Dilemma
Jai A. Denton, Chaitanya S. Gokhale
Life 9(1)
synthetic biology mutualism species interactions
2019
Ecological feedback on diffusion dynamics
Hye Jin Park, Chaitanya S. Gokhale
Royal Society Open Science 6(2)
eco evolutionary dynamics population dynamics social dilemma evolutionary game theory
2019
Evolutionary dynamics of complex multiple games
Vandana R. Venkateswaran, Chaitanya S. Gokhale
Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286(1905)
evolutionary game theory replicator dynamics population dynamics
2018
Disentangling eco-evolutionary effects on trait fixation
Pete Czuppon, Chaitanya S. Gokhale
Theoretical Population Biology 124
eco evolutionary dynamics fixation probability population dynamics frequency dependent selection
2018
Cellular hysteresis as a principle to maximize the efficacy of antibiotic therapy
Roderich Roemhild, Chaitanya S. Gokhale, Philip Dirksen, Christopher Blake, Philip Rosenstiel, Arne Traulsen, Dan I. Andersson, Hinrich Schulenburg
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115(39)
microbial evolution resistance evolution disease management
2017
Discovering Complete Quasispecies in Bacterial Genomes
Frederic Bertels, Chaitanya S. Gokhale, Arne Traulsen
Genetics 206(4)
microbial evolution mobile genetic elements bacterial genomics population dynamics
2017
Unravelling the complexity and redundancy of carbon catabolic repression in Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW25
Yunhao Liu, Chaitanya S. Gokhale, Paul B. Rainey, Xue-Xian Zhang
Molecular Microbiology 105(4)
microbial evolution bacterial genomics eco evolutionary dynamics
2017
Chaotic provinces in the kingdom of the Red Queen
Hanna Schenk, Arne Traulsen, Chaitanya S. Gokhale
Journal of Theoretical Biology 431
host parasite coevolution eco evolutionary dynamics population dynamics red queen
2017
Social dilemma in the external immune system of the red flour beetle? It is a matter of time
Chaitanya S. Gokhale, Arne Traulsen, Gerrit Joop
Ecology & Evolution 7(17)
evolutionary game theory social dilemma public goods species interactions
2017
Spatio-temporal control of mutualism in legumes helps spread symbiotic nitrogen fixation
Benoit Daubech, Philippe Remigi, Ginaini Doin de Moura, Marta Marchetti, Cecile Pouzet, Marie-Christine Auriac, Chaitanya S. Gokhale, Catherine Masson-Boivin, Delphine Capela
eLife 6
mutualism symbiosis species interactions eco evolutionary dynamics
2016
Eco-evolutionary dynamics of social dilemmas
Chaitanya S. Gokhale, Christoph Hauert
Theoretical Population Biology 111
evolutionary game theory social dilemma eco evolutionary dynamics public goods
2016
Host–parasite coevolution. why changing population size matters
Andrei Papkou, Chaitanya S. Gokhale, Arne Traulsen, Hinrich Schulenburg
Zoology 119(4)
host parasite coevolution eco evolutionary dynamics population dynamics
2015
Host-parasite coevolution in populations of constant and variable size
Yixian Song, Chaitanya S. Gokhale, Andrei Papkou, Hinrich Schulenburg, Arne Traulsen
BMC Evolutionary Biology 15(1)
host parasite coevolution eco evolutionary dynamics population dynamics
2015
Modes of migration and multilevel selection in evolutionary multiplayer games
Yuriy Pichugin, Chaitanya S. Gokhale, Julian Garcia, Arne Traulsen, Paul B. Rainey
Journal of Theoretical Biology 387
eco evolutionary dynamics population dynamics
2015
Repeatability of evolution on epistatic landscapes
Benedikt Bauer, Chaitanya S. Gokhale
Scientific Reports 5
eco evolutionary dynamics population dynamics
2014
Evolutionary Multiplayer Games
Chaitanya S. Gokhale, Arne Traulsen
Dynamic Games and Applications 4(4)
evolutionary game theory replicator dynamics population dynamics
2014
Dynamics of a combined medea-underdominant population transformation system
Chaitanya S. Gokhale, R. Guy Reeves, Floyd A. Reed
BMC Evolutionary Biology 14(1)
gene drive synthetic biology population dynamics
2013
Dynamic Properties of Evolutionary Multi-player Games in Finite Populations
Bin Wu, Arne Traulsen, Chaitanya S. Gokhale
Games 4(2)
evolutionary game theory replicator dynamics
2013
Lotka - Volterra dynamics kills the Red Queen; population size fluctuations and associated stochasticity dramatically change host-parasite coevolution
Chaitanya S. Gokhale, Andrei Papkou, Arne Traulsen, Hinrich Schulenburg
BMC Evolutionary Biology 13(1)
host parasite coevolution eco evolutionary dynamics species interactions red queen
2013
Interpretations arising from Wrightian and Malthusian fitness under strong frequency dependent selection
Bin Wu, Chaitanya S. Gokhale, Matthijs van Veelen, Long Wang, Arne Traulsen
Ecology & Evolution 3(5)
population dynamics eco evolutionary dynamics
2012
On equilibrium properties of evolutionary multi-player games with random payoff matrices
The Anh Han, Arne Traulsen, Chaitanya S. Gokhale
Theoretical Population Biology 81(4)
evolutionary game theory replicator dynamics
2012
Mutualism and evolutionary multiplayer games revisiting the Red King
Chaitanya S. Gokhale, Arne Traulsen
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences 279(1747)
evolutionary game theory mutualism species interactions
2012
How small are small mutation rates?
Bin Wu, Chaitanya S. Gokhale, Long Wang, Arne Traulsen
Journal of Mathematical Biology 64(5)
population dynamics stochastic modelling
2011
Strategy abundance in evolutionary many-player games with multiple strategies
Chaitanya S. Gokhale, Arne Traulsen
Journal of Theoretical Biology 283
evolutionary game theory replicator dynamics population dynamics
2010
Evolutionary games in the multiverse
Chaitanya S. Gokhale, Arne Traulsen
PNAS 107(12)
evolutionary game theory replicator dynamics
2010
Stochastic slowdown in evolutionary processes
Philipp M. Altrock, Chaitanya S. Gokhale, Arne Traulsen
Physical Review E 82(1)
population dynamics stochastic modelling fixation probability
2009
MtSNPscore. a combined evidence approach for assessing cumulative impact of mitochondrial variations in disease
Anshu Bhardwaj, Mitali Mukerji, Shipra Sharma, Jinny Paul, Chaitanya S. Gokhale, Achal K. Srivastava, Shirish Tiwari
BMC Bioinformatics 10
bacterial genomics
2009
Pace of evolution across fitness valleys
Chaitanya S. Gokhale, Yoh Iwasa, Martin A. Nowak, Arne Traulsen
Journal of Theoretical Biology 259(3)
eco evolutionary dynamics population dynamics stochastic modelling
2025 PREPRINT
How competition can drive allochronic divergence
L. Jacobsen, Chaitanya S. Gokhale
bioRxiv
eco evolutionary dynamics
2025 PREPRINT
Higher-order equivalence of Lotka-Volterra and replicator dynamics
Chaitanya S. Gokhale, Arne Traulsen
bioRxiv
evolutionary game theory eco evolutionary dynamics replicator dynamics
2025 PREPRINT
Evolution of first aid and social wound care in an army ant society
J.J. Lagos-Oviedo, Dharanish Rajendra, Chaitanya S. Gokhale, Thomas Schmitt, Erik T. Frank
bioRxiv
evolutionary game theory cooperation species interactions social learning
2025 PREPRINT
Early eukaryogenesis by host-initiated obligate ectosymbiosis
Nandakishore Krishnan, Ádám Kun, Chaitanya S. Gokhale, József Garay
bioRxiv
mutualism symbiosis species interactions microbial evolution
2024 PREPRINT
Assessing the probability and time of weed control failure
Dana Lauenroth, Chaitanya S. Gokhale
bioRxiv
agriculture resistance evolution food security
2022 PREPRINT
Parasitoid pressures and silence evolution
Dhananjay Suswaram, Justin D. Yeakel, Chaitanya S. Gokhale
bioRxiv
host parasite coevolution species interactions eco evolutionary dynamics
2020 PREPRINT
On a mechanistic process of macroparasite aggregation
Jomar F. Rabajante, Editha L. Anzia, Chaitanya S. Gokhale
bioRxiv
host parasite coevolution eco evolutionary dynamics
2019 PREPRINT
On the innovation and evolution of predatory tactics
Chaitanya S. Gokhale, Anne E. Wignall
bioRxiv
eco evolutionary dynamics species interactions evolutionary game theory
2019 PREPRINT
Eco-evolutionary dynamics of Plasmodium genotypes
Maria Bargués-Ribera, R. Guy Reeves, Chaitanya S. Gokhale
bioRxiv
host parasite coevolution eco evolutionary dynamics disease management
2013 PHD THESIS
Evolutionary dynamics on multi-dimensional fitness landscapes
Chaitanya S. Gokhale
evolutionary game theory eco evolutionary dynamics population dynamics
2018 MASTER'S THESIS
Endosymbionts, eukaryotes, and evolutionary transitions
Gaurav S. Athreya
mutualism symbiosis species interactions
2020 PHD THESIS
Understanding structured eco-evolutionary systems
Małgorzata Fic
evolutionary game theory eco evolutionary dynamics
2021 PHD THESIS
Eco-Evolutionary Interactions and their Dynamics
Vandana R. Venkateswaran
eco evolutionary dynamics life history theory species interactions
2024 PHD THESIS
Assessing herbicide resistance
Dana Lauenroth
agriculture resistance evolution food security eco evolutionary dynamics
2022 PHD THESIS
Eco-evolutionary dynamics of disease
Maria Bargués-Ribera
eco evolutionary dynamics host parasite coevolution disease management agriculture
2021
Review of Game Theory in Biology by McNamara and Leimar
Chaitanya S. Gokhale, Arne Traulsen
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evolutionary game theory
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