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  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Yoh Iwasa is affiliated with Kwansei Gakuin University in Japan and has made contributions primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans a range of topics and subfields, emphasizing Genetics, Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's recent publications include:

  • The Great Oxygenation Event as a consequence of ecological dynamics modulated by planetary change (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Coordinated changes in cell membrane and cytoplasm during maturation of apoptotic bleb (2020, Molecular Biology of the Cell)
  • The genetic structure within a single tree is determined by the behavior of the stem cells in the meristem (2023, Genetics)
  • Task allocation in a cooperative society: specialized castes or age-dependent switching among ant workers (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • Autoimmune diseases initiated by pathogen infection: Mathematical modeling (2020, Journal of Theoretical Biology)

Frequent coauthors associated with Iwasa's work include:

  • Rena Hayashi
  • Sachi Yamaguchi
  • Akiko Satake
  • Akane Hara
  • Sou Tomimoto

Iwasa has published multiple articles in several journals, with substantial contributions to:

  • Journal of Theoretical Biology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Scientific Reports

The main research topics addressed by Iwasa's work are:

  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
  • Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models
  • Mathematical Biology Tumor Growth
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research

Yoh Iwasa was recognized as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2006.

Best Publications

  • Influence of nonlinear incidence rates upon the behavior of SIRS epidemiological models

    Wei min Liu;Wei min Liu;Simon A. Levin;Yoh Iwasa

  • Dynamics of chronic myeloid leukaemia.

    Franziska Michor;Timothy P. Hughes;Yoh Iwasa;Susan Branford

  • THE EVOLUTION OF COSTLY MATE PREFERENCES II. THE "HANDICAP" PRINCIPLE.

    Yoh Iwasa;Andrew Pomiankowski;Sean Nee

  • Demographic Theory for an Open Marine Population with Space-Limited Recruitment

    Jonathan Roughgarden;Yoh Iwasa;Charles Baxter

  • Prey Distribution as a Factor Determining the Choice of Optimal Foraging Strategy

    Yoh Iwasa;Masahiko Higashi;Norio Yamamura

  • Dynamics of cancer progression

    Franziska Michor;Yoh Iwasa;Martin A. Nowak

  • The leading eight: Social norms that can maintain cooperation by indirect reciprocity

    Hisashi Ohtsuki;Yoh Iwasa

  • How should we define goodness?--reputation dynamics in indirect reciprocity.

    Hisashi Ohtsuki;Yoh Iwasa

  • THE EVOLUTION OF COSTLY MATE PREFERENCES I. FISHER AND BIASED MUTATION

    Andrew Pomiankowski;Yoh Iwasa;Sean Nee

  • Indirect reciprocity provides only a narrow margin of efficiency for costly punishment.

    Hisashi Ohtsuki;Yoh Iwasa;Martin A. Nowak

  • The evolution of cooperation in a lattice-structured population.

    M. Nakamaru;H. Matsuda;Yoh Iwasa

  • Theory of oviposition strategy of parasitoids. I. Effect of mortality and limited egg number.

    Yoh Iwasa;Yoshito Suzuki;Hiroyuki Matsuda

  • THE EVOLUTION OF MATE PREFERENCES FOR MULTIPLE SEXUAL ORNAMENTS.

    Yoh Iwasa;Andrew Pomiankowski

  • Shoot/root balance of plants: Optimal growth of a system with many vegetative organs

    Yoh Iwasa;Jonathan Roughgarden

  • Exploiting a cognitive bias promotes cooperation in social dilemma experiments.

    Zhen Wang;Marko Jusup;Lei Shi;Joung Hun Lee

  • Onymity promotes cooperation in social dilemma experiments.

    Zhen Wang;Zhen Wang;Marko Jusup;Rui Wu Wang;Rui Wu Wang;Lei Shi

  • Aggregation in model ecosystems. I. Perfect aggregation

    Yoh Iwasa;Viggo Andreasen;Simon Asher Levin

  • Stochastic Tunnels in Evolutionary Dynamics

    Yoh Iwasa;Franziska Michor;Martin A. Nowak

  • Optimal size of storage for recovery after unpredictable disturbances

    Yoh Iwasa;Takuya Kubo

  • Evolution of resistance during clonal expansion.

    Yoh Iwasa;Martin A. Nowak;Franziska Michor

Frequent Co-Authors

Franziska Michor
Franziska Michor Harvard University
Martin A. Nowak
Martin A. Nowak Harvard University
Andrew Pomiankowski
Andrew Pomiankowski University College London
Simon A. Levin
Simon A. Levin Princeton University
Karl Sigmund
Karl Sigmund University of Vienna
Joan E. Roughgarden
Joan E. Roughgarden Stanford University
John M. Halley
John M. Halley University of Ioannina
Boris Podobnik
Boris Podobnik University of Zagreb
Ulf Dieckmann
Ulf Dieckmann International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Christoph Lengauer
Christoph Lengauer Johns Hopkins University

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