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Manfred Milinski

Manfred Milinski

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
78
Citations
22949
World Ranking
4527
National Ranking
335

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

Overview

Manfred Milinski is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their research spans several fields primarily within the social sciences and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The scientist's work extensively covers experimental behavioral economics, genetics, and evolutionary biology topics.

The main fields of study include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Subfields of study reflect a focus on:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Genetics
  • Safety Research
  • Molecular Biology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Key research topics explored by Manfred Milinski are:

  • Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
  • Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration

The scientist has published in several notable venues, including:

  • Nature Climate Change
  • Molecular Ecology Resources
  • Biology
  • Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
  • Current Opinion in Psychology

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Manfred Milinski cover a range of interdisciplinary topics and include:

  • "The economic interaction between climate change mitigation, climate migration and poverty" (2020), published in Nature Climate Change
  • "Origin matters: Using a local reference genome improves measures in population genomics" (2023), published in Molecular Ecology Resources
  • "A Review of Suggested Mechanisms of MHC Odor Signaling" (2022), published in Biology
  • "Challenging conventional wisdom: Experimental evidence on heterogeneity and coordination in avoiding a collective catastrophic event" (2021), published in Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
  • "Extortion - A voracious prosocial strategy" (2021), published in Current Opinion in Psychology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Manfred Milinski include:

  • Jochem Marotzke
  • Doko-Miles J. Thorburn
  • Κostas Sagonas
  • Mahesh Panchal
  • Frédéric J. J. Chain

Manfred Milinski was honored by the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2010 in the category of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology.

Best Publications

  • Female sticklebacks use male coloration in mate choice and hence avoid parasitized males

    Manfred Milinski;Theo C. M. Bakker

  • The collective-risk social dilemma and the prevention of simulated dangerous climate change

    Manfred Milinski;Ralf D. Sommerfeld;Hans-Jürgen Krambeck;Floyd A. Reed

  • TIT FOR TAT in sticklebacks and the evolution of cooperation

    Manfred Milinski

  • The Major Histocompatibility Complex, Sexual Selection, and Mate Choice

    Manfred Milinski

  • Female sticklebacks count alleles in a strategy of sexual selection explaining MHC polymorphism

    Thorsten B. H. Reusch;Michael A. Häberli;Peter B. Aeschlimann;Manfred Milinski

  • Gossip as an alternative for direct observation in games of indirect reciprocity.

    Ralf D. Sommerfeld;Hans-Jürgen Krambeck;Dirk Semmann;Manfred Milinski

  • Stabilizing the earth's climate is not a losing game: supporting evidence from public goods experiments.

    Manfred Milinski;Dirk Semmann;Hans-Jürgen Krambeck;Jochem Marotzke

  • Donors to charity gain in both indirect reciprocity and political reputation

    Manfred Milinski;Dirk Semmann;Hans-Jürgen Krambeck

  • Human strategy updating in evolutionary games

    Arne Traulsen;Dirk Semmann;Ralf D. Sommerfeld;Hans-Jürgen Krambeck

  • Mate choice decisions of stickleback females predictably modified by MHC peptide ligands

    Manfred Milinski;Sian Wyn Griffiths;K. Mathias Wegner;Thorsten B. H. Reusch

  • Parasite selection for immunogenetic optimality

    K. Mathias Wegner;Martin Kalbe;Joachim Kurtz;Thorsten B. H. Reusch

  • Cooperation through indirect reciprocity: image scoring or standing strategy?

    Manfred Milinski;Dirk Semmann;Theo C. M. Bakker;Hans-Jürgen Krambeck

  • Evolutionarily stable feeding strategy in sticklebacks

    Manfred Milinski

  • Rapid and adaptive evolution of MHC genes under parasite selection in experimental vertebrate populations

    Christophe Eizaguirre;Tobias Leander Lenz;Martin Kalbe;Manfred Milinski

  • Costs influence sequential mate choice in sticklebacks, Gasterosteus aculeatus

    Manfred Milinski;Theo C. M. Bakker

  • Female sticklebacks Gasterosteus aculeatus use self-reference to optimize MHC allele number during mate selection

    P. B. Aeschlimann;M. A. Häberli;T. B. H. Reusch;Thomas Boehm

  • Risk of Predation of Parasitized Sticklebacks (Gasterosteus Aculeatus L.) Under Competition for Food

    Manfred Milinski

  • Major histocompatibility complex diversity influences parasite resistance and innate immunity in sticklebacks.

    Joachim Kurtz;Martin Kalbe;Peter B. Aeschlimann;Michael A. Häberli

  • Sequential female choice and the previous male effect in sticklebacks

    Theo C. M. Bakker;Manfred Milinski

  • The Calculus of Selfishness

    Manfred Milinski

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Kalbe
Martin Kalbe Max Planck Society
Christophe Eizaguirre
Christophe Eizaguirre Queen Mary University of London
Thorsten B.H. Reusch
Thorsten B.H. Reusch GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Thomas Boehm
Thomas Boehm Max Planck Society
Claus Wedekind
Claus Wedekind University of Lausanne
Arne Traulsen
Arne Traulsen Max Planck Society
Paul Seabright
Paul Seabright Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Joachim Kurtz
Joachim Kurtz University of Münster
Jochem Marotzke
Jochem Marotzke Max Planck Society
Theo C. M. Bakker
Theo C. M. Bakker University of Bonn

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