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DIETER LUKAS LEVERHULME- & ISSAC NEWTON TRUST
FUNDED POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
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Distribution of
kin and cooperation in animal groups
Tel: 01223 769277
Fax: 01223 336676
Email: dl384 @ cam.ac.uk
website:
http://people.pwf.cam.ac.uk/dl384/
Research
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I am interested
in population genetics in social
species. Mammals show a great variety in terms of their social
organization and
mating system, with different patterns in how individuals are
distributed and
interact. By using a combined approach of modelling and analysis of
empirical
data, I am trying to understand whether, and which effects different
aspects of
the social systems have on the distribution of genes.
Specific
questions are: How related are interacting
individuals? Are different types of competition over reproduction
leaving an
imprint on genetic variation? How does social structure influence the
spread of
selected alleles? genetics
Publications
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Bradley BJ,
Doran-Sheehy DM, Lukas D,
Boesch C and
Vigilant L (2004) Dispersed male networks in western gorillas. Current Biology
14: 510-513.
Lukas D, Bradley
BJ, Nsubuga AM, Doran-Sheehy D, Robbins M, Vigilant L (2004) Major
histocompatibility complex and microsatellite variation in two
populations of
wild gorillas. Molecular Ecology
13: 3389-3402.
Lukas D and
Vigilant L (2005) Reply: Facts, faeces and setting standards for the
study of
MHC genes using noninvasive samples. Molecular
Ecology 14: 1601-1602.
Thalmann O,
Serre D, Hofreiter M, Lukas D,
Eriksson J and Vigilant L (2005) Nuclear
insertions help and hinder inference of the evolutionary history of
gorilla mtDNA. Molecular Ecology
14:179-188.
Lukas D,
Reynolds V, Boesch C and Vigilant L (2005) To what extent does living
in a
group mean living with kin? Molecular
Ecology 14:2181-2196.
Eriksson J,
Siedel H, Lukas D, Kayser M,
Erler A, Hashimoto C, Hohmann G, Boesch C,
Vigilant L (2006) Y-chromosome analysis confirms highly sex-biased
dispersal
and suggests a low male effective population size in bonobos (Pan
paniscus). Molecular Ecology
15:
939-949.
Lukas D (2008)
Comparative study of genetic variation in relation to social structures
of
animals. Dissertation: Universität Leipzig.
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