M Milinski

Summary

Affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Limnology
Country: Germany

Publications

  1. ncbi Reputation helps solve the 'tragedy of the commons'
    Manfred Milinski
    Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute of Limnology Plön, Germany
    Nature 415:424-6. 2002
  2. ncbi Mate choice decisions of stickleback females predictably modified by MHC peptide ligands
    Manfred Milinski
    Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute of Limnology, 24306 Plön, Germany
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102:4414-8. 2005
  3. ncbi Mortality selection during the 2003 European heat wave in three-spined sticklebacks: effects of parasites and MHC genotype
    K Mathias Wegner
    Department of Integrative Biology IBZ, Experimental Ecology, ETH Zurich, Universitatstrasse 16, CH 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
    BMC Evol Biol 8:124. 2008
  4. ncbi Cooperation through indirect reciprocity: image scoring or standing strategy?
    M Milinski
    Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Limnology, 24306 Plön, Germany
    Proc Biol Sci 268:2495-501. 2001
  5. ncbi Donors to charity gain in both indirect reciprocity and political reputation
    Manfred Milinski
    Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute of Limnology, 24306 Plön, Germany
    Proc Biol Sci 269:881-3. 2002
  6. ncbi The collective-risk social dilemma and the prevention of simulated dangerous climate change
    Manfred Milinski
    Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, 24306 Plön, Germany
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:2291-4. 2008
  7. ncbi Economics. Spying on others evolves
    Manfred Milinski
    Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, , Germany
    Science 317:464-5. 2007
  8. ncbi Disentangling the role of MHC-dependent 'good genes' and 'compatible genes' in mate-choice decisions of three-spined sticklebacks Gasterosteus aculeatus under semi-natural conditions
    T L Lenz
    Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Department of Evolutionary Ecology, August Thienemann Str 2, 24306 Plön, Germany
    J Fish Biol 75:2122-42. 2009
  9. ncbi Female sticklebacks count alleles in a strategy of sexual selection explaining MHC polymorphism
    T B Reusch
    Max Planck Institute for Limnology, Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Postfach 165, 24306 Plön, Germany
    Nature 414:300-2. 2001
  10. ncbi MHC-based mate choice combines good genes and maintenance of MHC polymorphism
    C Eizaguirre
    Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Ploen, Germany
    Mol Ecol 18:3316-29. 2009

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Publications31

  1. ncbi Reputation helps solve the 'tragedy of the commons'
    Manfred Milinski
    Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute of Limnology Plön, Germany
    Nature 415:424-6. 2002
    ..Alternating the games leads to higher profits for all players. As reputation may be a currency that is valid in many social games, our approach could be used to test social dilemmas for their solubility...
  2. ncbi Mate choice decisions of stickleback females predictably modified by MHC peptide ligands
    Manfred Milinski
    Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute of Limnology, 24306 Plön, Germany
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102:4414-8. 2005
    ..Our results suggest that female sticklebacks use evolutionarily conserved structural features of MHC peptide ligands to evaluate MHC diversity of their prospective mating partners...
  3. ncbi Mortality selection during the 2003 European heat wave in three-spined sticklebacks: effects of parasites and MHC genotype
    K Mathias Wegner
    Department of Integrative Biology IBZ, Experimental Ecology, ETH Zurich, Universitatstrasse 16, CH 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
    BMC Evol Biol 8:124. 2008
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  4. ncbi Cooperation through indirect reciprocity: image scoring or standing strategy?
    M Milinski
    Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Limnology, 24306 Plön, Germany
    Proc Biol Sci 268:2495-501. 2001
    ..Furthermore, donors of constant "NO players" compensated for their refusing to help these players by being more generous to others...
  5. ncbi Donors to charity gain in both indirect reciprocity and political reputation
    Manfred Milinski
    Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute of Limnology, 24306 Plön, Germany
    Proc Biol Sci 269:881-3. 2002
    ..Donations may thus function as an honest signal for one's social reliability...
  6. ncbi The collective-risk social dilemma and the prevention of simulated dangerous climate change
    Manfred Milinski
    Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, 24306 Plön, Germany
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:2291-4. 2008
    ..Our analysis describes the social window humankind has to prevent dangerous climate change...
  7. ncbi Economics. Spying on others evolves
    Manfred Milinski
    Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, , Germany
    Science 317:464-5. 2007
  8. ncbi Disentangling the role of MHC-dependent 'good genes' and 'compatible genes' in mate-choice decisions of three-spined sticklebacks Gasterosteus aculeatus under semi-natural conditions
    T L Lenz
    Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Department of Evolutionary Ecology, August Thienemann Str 2, 24306 Plön, Germany
    J Fish Biol 75:2122-42. 2009
    ..e. compatible genes). In addition, the potentially dynamic role of MHC good genes in mate choice under different parasite pressures is discussed in the light of present and previous results...
  9. ncbi Female sticklebacks count alleles in a strategy of sexual selection explaining MHC polymorphism
    T B Reusch
    Max Planck Institute for Limnology, Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Postfach 165, 24306 Plön, Germany
    Nature 414:300-2. 2001
    ..Here we show that gravid female fish preferred the odour of males with a large number of MHC class-IIB alleles to that of males with fewer alleles. Females did not prefer male genotypes dissimilar to their own...
  10. ncbi MHC-based mate choice combines good genes and maintenance of MHC polymorphism
    C Eizaguirre
    Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Ploen, Germany
    Mol Ecol 18:3316-29. 2009
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  11. ncbi Simultaneous hermaphrodites reproducing in pairs self-fertilize some of their eggs: an experimental test of predictions of mixed-mating and Hermaphrodite's Dilemma theory
    A Luscher
    Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute of Limnology, Plon, Germany
    J Evol Biol 16:1030-7. 2003
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  12. ncbi Outcrossing increases infection success and competitive ability: experimental evidence from a hermaphrodite parasite
    Mira Christen
    Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute of Limnology, August Thienemann Strasse 2, 24306 Plön, Germany
    Evolution 56:2243-51. 2002
    ..This advantage of outcrossing became apparent only in the competitive situation, in which superior abilities of parasites to extract limiting resources from the host become crucial...
  13. ncbi Gossip as an alternative for direct observation in games of indirect reciprocity
    Ralf D Sommerfeld
    Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, 24306 Plön, Germany
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:17435-40. 2007
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  14. ncbi Parasite selection for immunogenetic optimality
    K Mathias Wegner
    Max-Planck-Institute for Limnology, Department of Evolutionary Ecology, August-Thienemann-Str. 2, , Germany
    Science 301:1343. 2003
  15. ncbi When to go: optimization of host switching in parasites with complex life cycles
    Katrin Hammerschmidt
    Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plon, Germany
    Evolution 63:1976-86. 2009
    ..Our results show that these manipulated behavioral changes are adaptive for S. solidus, rather than an artifact, as they maximize parasite fitness...
  16. ncbi Major histocompatibility complex diversity influences parasite resistance and innate immunity in sticklebacks
    Joachim Kurtz
    Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute of Limnology, August Thienemann Strasse 2, 24306 Plön, Germany
    Proc Biol Sci 271:197-204. 2004
    ..Such a pattern is consistent with theoretical expectations of an optimal balance between the number of recognizable antigens and self-tolerance...
  17. ncbi Lifetime reproductive success is maximized with optimal major histocompatibility complex diversity
    Martin Kalbe
    Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, August Thienemann Strasse 2, 24306 Ploen, Germany
    Proc Biol Sci 276:925-34. 2009
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  18. ncbi Multiple gossip statements and their effect on reputation and trustworthiness
    Ralf D Sommerfeld
    Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Postfach 165, 24306 Plön, Germany
    Proc Biol Sci 275:2529-36. 2008
    ..Moreover, reciprocity, trust and reputations transferred via gossip are positively correlated. This interrelation might have helped to reach the high levels of cooperation that can be observed in humans...
  19. ncbi MHC genes and oxidative stress in sticklebacks: an immuno-ecological approach
    Joachim Kurtz
    Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute of Limnology, August Thienemann Strasse 2, 24306 Plön, Germany
    Proc Biol Sci 273:1407-14. 2006
    ..They could, thus, also be relevant in the broader context of the evolution of sexually selected signals that are based on carotenoids and are, thus supposed to reflect oxidative stress resistance...
  20. ncbi Costly major histocompatibility complex signals produced only by reproductively active males, but not females, must be validated by a 'maleness signal' in three-spined sticklebacks
    Manfred Milinski
    Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, August Thienemann Strasse 2, 24306 Ploen, Germany
    Proc Biol Sci 277:391-8. 2010
    ..We hypothesize that shedding of peptide-MHC complexes compromises immune function, selecting against unconditional use of these signals...
  21. ncbi In vitro transition of Schistocephalus solidus (Cestoda) from coracidium to procercoid and from procercoid to plerocercoid
    P J Jakobsen
    Institute for Biology, University of Bergen, Thor Møhlensgt 55, 5020 Bergen, Norway
    Exp Parasitol 130:267-73. 2012
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  22. ncbi Individual MHC class I and MHC class IIB diversities are associated with male and female reproductive traits in the three-spined stickleback
    I Jager
    Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute of Limnology, Plon, Germany
    J Evol Biol 20:2005-15. 2007
    ..The parasite against which this allele provides resistance is therefore unlikely to have been predominant the previous year - a step to negative frequency-dependent selection...
  23. ncbi An experimental test of the immunocompetence handicap hypothesis in a teleost fish: 11-ketotestosterone suppresses innate immunity in three-spined sticklebacks
    Joachim Kurtz
    Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, August Thienemann Strasse 2, D 24306 Plon, Germany
    Am Nat 170:509-19. 2007
    ..Moreover, there was a trend for fish with high 11kT levels to suffer more from oxidative stress. Thus, our data provide support for the ICHH...
  24. ncbi Speciation accelerated and stabilized by pleiotropic major histocompatibility complex immunogenes
    Christophe Eizaguirre
    Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, 24306 Plön, Germany
    Ecol Lett 12:5-12. 2009
    ..Furthermore, we propose a new mechanism selecting against species hybrids. Hybrids are expected to have super-optimal individual MHC diversity and should therefore suffer more from parasites in all habitats...
  25. ncbi Human strategy updating in evolutionary games
    Arne Traulsen
    Emmy Noether Group for Evolutionary Dynamics, and Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, 24306 Plön, Germany
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107:2962-6. 2010
    ..Our experimental approach to measure properties of the update mechanisms used in theoretical models will be useful for mathematical models of cultural evolution...
  26. ncbi The consequences of self-fertilization and outcrossing of the cestode Schistocephalus solidus in its second intermediate host
    M Christen
    Max-Planck-Institute of Limnology, Department of Evolutionary Ecology, August-Thienemann-Strasse 2, , Germany
    Parasitology 126:369-78. 2003
    ..Nevertheless, total worm weight in multiply infected fish was significantly lower than in singly infected ones, which thus might be a parasite life-history strategy...
  27. ncbi Volunteering leads to rock-paper-scissors dynamics in a public goods game
    Dirk Semmann
    Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute of Limnology, , Germany
    Nature 425:390-3. 2003
    ..On average, cooperation is perpetuated at a substantial level...
  28. ncbi Modulation of granulocyte responses in three-spined sticklebacks Gasterosteus aculeatus infected with the tapeworm Schistocephalus solidus
    J P Scharsack
    Max Planck Institute of Limnology, Department of Evolutionary Ecology, August-Thienemann-Strasse 2, , Germany
    Dis Aquat Organ 59:141-50. 2004
    ..These observations may reflect the ability of S. solidus to impair the host's immune response once the parasite is developing in the body cavity of G. aculeatus...
  29. ncbi Does intra-individual major histocompatibility complex diversity keep a golden mean?
    Benno Woelfing
    Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, August Thienemann Strasse 2, 24306 Plön, Germany
    Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 364:117-28. 2009
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  30. ncbi Human behaviour: punisher pays
    Manfred Milinski
    Nature 452:297-8. 2008
  31. ncbi The efficient interaction of indirect reciprocity and costly punishment
    Bettina Rockenbach
    Department of Economics, University of Erfurt, Nordhäuser Strasse 63, D 99089 Erfurt, Germany
    Nature 444:718-23. 2006
    ..Because punishment and reputation building are omnipresent interacting forces in human societies, costly punishing should appear less destructive without losing its deterring force...