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75
Citations
20351
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5306
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2518

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1995 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Steven A. Frank is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant portion of work dedicated to genetics, molecular biology, and artificial intelligence. They also contribute to cancer research and statistical and nonlinear physics.

The scientist's work engages deeply with several main topics within their field, including:

  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Gene Regulatory Network Analysis
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology

Steven A. Frank's recent papers include:

  • "The origin of novel traits in cancer," 2024, published in Trends in Cancer
  • "Simple unity among the fundamental equations of science," 2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Robustness and complexity," 2023, Cell Systems
  • "The generalized Price equation: Forces that change population statistics," 2020, Lincoln University Research Archive (Lincoln University)
  • "The Fundamental Equations of Change in Statistical Ensembles and Biological Populations," 2020, Entropy

The scientist frequently coauthors with:

  • William Godsoe
  • Richard Kaufman
  • Jason P. Acker
  • Donald M. Arnold
  • José A. Cancelas

Steven A. Frank has published extensively in several notable venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Entropy
  • Evolution
  • Preprints.org

In addition to articles, they have authored a book titled Microbial Life History published by Princeton University Press in 2022.

Recognition of their contributions includes several fellowships, such as:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2012
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2009
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1995

Best Publications

  • Foundations of social evolution

    Steven A. Frank

  • Models of parasite virulence

    Steven A. Frank

  • How to make a kin selection model.

    Peter D. Taylor;Steven A. Frank

  • Immunology and Evolution of Infectious Disease

    Steven A. Frank

  • Sex Allocation Theory for Birds and Mammals

    Steven A. Frank

  • Perspective: repression of competition and the evolution of cooperation.

    Steven A. Frank

  • Mutual policing and repression of competition in the evolution of cooperative groups

    Steven A. Frank

  • George Price’s contributions to evolutionary genetics

    Steven A. Frank

  • The Evolutionary Dynamics of Cytoplasmic Male Sterility

    Steven A. Frank

  • Dynamics of Cancer: Incidence, Inheritance, and Evolution

    Steven A. Frank

  • Mitochondria and Male Disease

    S A Frank;L D Hurst

  • Host-symbiont conflict over the mixing of symbiotic lineages.

    Steven A. Frank

  • DIVERGENCE OF MEIOTIC DRIVE-SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS AS AN EXPLANATION FOR SEX-BIASED HYBRID STERILITY AND INVIABILITY.

    Steven A. Frank

  • Pathogenesis, Virulence, and Infective Dose

    Paul Schmid-Hempel;Steven A Frank

  • THE PRICE EQUATION, FISHER'S FUNDAMENTAL THEOREM, KIN SELECTION, AND CAUSAL ANALYSIS.

    Steven A. Frank

  • Dispersal polymorphisms in subdivided populations

    Steven A. Frank

  • Evolution in a Variable Environment

    Steven A. Frank;Montgomery Slatkin

  • Fisher's fundamental theorem of natural selection

    Steven A. Frank;Montgomery Slatkin

  • Hierarchical Selection Theory and Sex Ratios I. General Solutions for Structured Populations

    Steven A. Frank

  • HIERARCHICAL SELECTION THEORY AND SEX RATIOS. II. ON APPLYING THE THEORY, AND A TEST WITH FIG WASPS.

    Steven A. Frank

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin A. Nowak
Martin A. Nowak Harvard University
Montgomery Slatkin
Montgomery Slatkin University of California, Berkeley
Yoh Iwasa
Yoh Iwasa Kwansei Gakuin University
Noelle E. Carlozzi
Noelle E. Carlozzi University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jordi Bascompte
Jordi Bascompte University of Zurich
Alan G. Barbour
Alan G. Barbour University of California, Irvine
Steven M. Lipkin
Steven M. Lipkin Weill Cornell Medicine
Franziska Michor
Franziska Michor Harvard University
Robert D. Cardiff
Robert D. Cardiff University of California, Davis
Bernard J. Crespi
Bernard J. Crespi Simon Fraser University

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