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Exploring the conditions for sustainability with open-ended innovation
Debora Princepe, Cristobal Quiñinao, Cristina Díaz Faloh +2
Can sustained open-ended technological progress preserve natural resources in a finite planet? We address this question on the basis of a stylized model with genuine open-ended tec…
The pursuit of happiness
Debora Princepe, Onofrio Mazzarisi, Erol Akcay +2
This paper studies populations of individuals -- that we call homo-felix -- who maximise an objective function that we call happiness. The happiness of one individual depends on th…
Nuclear compensatory evolution driven by mito-nuclear incompatibilities
Débora Princepe, Marcus A. M. de Aguiar
Mitochondrial function relies on the coordinated expression of mitochondrial and nuclear genes, exhibiting remarkable resilience regardless the susceptibility of mitochondrial DNA…
Intermittent migration can induce pulses of speciation in a two-island system
Débora Princepe, Simone Czarnobai, Rodrigo A. Caetano +3
Geographic barriers prevent migration between populations, thereby facilitating speciation through allopatry. However, these barriers can exhibit dynamic behavior in nature, promot…
Diversity patterns and speciation processes in a two-island system with continuous migration
Débora Princepe, Simone Czarnobai, Thiago M. Pradella +4
Geographic isolation is a central mechanism of speciation, but perfect isolation of populations is rare. Although speciation can be hindered if gene flow is large, intermediate lev…
Mito-nuclear selection induces a trade-off between species ecological dominance and evolutionary lifespan
Débora Princepe, Marcus A. M. de Aguiar, Joshua B. Plotkin
Mitochondrial and nuclear genomes must be co-adapted to ensure proper cellular respiration and energy production. Mito-nuclear incompatibility reduces individual fitness and induce…
Modeling Mito-nuclear Compatibility and its Role in Species Identification
Debora Princepe, Marcus A. M. de Aguiar
Mitochondrial genetic material is widely used for phylogenetic reconstruction and as a barcode for species identification. Here we study how mito-nuclear interactions affect the ac…
Active optomechanics through relaxation oscillations
Debora Princepe, Gustavo Wiederhecker, Newton Frateschi
We propose an optomechanical laser based on III-V compounds which exhibits self-pulsation in the presence of a dissipative optomechanical coupling. In such a laser cavity, radiatio…