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Sergey Gavrilets

Sergey Gavrilets

American biologist

Sergey Gavrilets is a Russian-born American physicist turned theoretical biologist, and currently a Distinguished Professor at the University of Tennessee.[2][3][4] He uses mathematical and computational models to study complex biological and social processes. He has made contributions to the study of speciation, sexual selection, fitness landscapes, sexual conflict, social complexity, evolutionary game theory, social norms, homosexuality, social norms, and cultural evolution. He is currently Associate Director for Scientific Activities at the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis. In 2017, he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[5]

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Gavrilets has contributed to the book Evolution: The Extended Synthesis (Edited by Massimo Pigliucci and Gerd B. Müller, 2010).[6]

Publications

Books

  • Gavrilets, S. (2004), Fitness Landscapes and the Origin of Species, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691119830
  • Rice, W.R.; Gavrilets, S.(eds.) (2014), The Genetics and Biology of Sexual Conflict, Cold Spring Harbor, ISBN 978-1-621820-59-8 {{citation}}: |first2= has generic name (help)

References

  1. [1]
    https://www.theaga.org/toronto-key-lecture.htm [dead link]
  2. [2]
    "Sergey Gavrilets". utk.edu. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
  3. [3]
    "Gavrilets, Sergey". utk.edu. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
  4. [4]
    "Sergey Gavrilets". Retrieved January 22, 2016.
  5. [5]
    "American Academy Arts and Sciences 2017 Fellows List". Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  6. [6]
    "Evolution, the Extended Synthesis". Retrieved July 1, 2018.


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