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dieter lukas



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DIETER LUKAS    ERC FUNDED POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
............................................................................................................................................ Phylogenetic reconstruction of the evolution of social systems

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Email: dl384 @ cam.ac.uk

personal website: http://people.pwf.cam.ac.uk/dl384/


Research
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 Mammals show a great variety in terms of their social organization and mating system, with different patterns in how individuals are distributed and interact. In my work I am reconstructing the evolutionary history of social systems.


Publications: Google Scholar Profile
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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.

Lukas D and Clutton-Brock TH (2011)  Group structure, kinship, inbreeding risk and habitual female dispersal in plural-breeding mammals. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 24:2624-2630.

Clutton-Brock TH and Lukas D (2012) The evolution of social philopatry and dispersal in female mammals. Molecular Ecology 21:472-492.

Lukas D and Clutton-Brock TH (2012) Cooperative breeding and monogamy in mammalian societies. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: doi:10.1098/rspb.2011.2468.

Lukas D and Clutton-Brock TH (in press) Life histories and the evolution of cooperative breeding in mammals. Proceedings of the Royal Society B

Thornton A and Lukas D (in press) Individual variation in cognitive performance: developmental and evolutionary perspectives. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B