3 papers
q-bio.PE2026
Evolution of cooperation in two-level Prisoner's Dilemma
Yaroslav Ispolatov, Michael Doebeli
We consider continuous Prisoner's Dilemma played in spatial setting by group-structured populations. The population dynamics consists of individual-level birth and death and group-…
q-bio.PE2025
Epidemiological dynamics with clinically-derived infectiousness and incubation time courses
Miguel A. Cajahuanca Ricaldi, Yaroslav Ispolatov
To better predict the dynamics of epidemics such as COVID-19, it is important not only to investigate the network of local and long-range contagious contacts but also to understand…
q-bio.PE2025
The number of immune defense and counter-defense systems sustained in the arms race between procaryotes and viruses
Yaroslav Ispolatov, Anna Lekontseva, Konstantin Severinov
Prokaryotes have evolved various mechanisms to counter viruses, which in their turn developed numerous strategies to avoid defenses of the hosts. Dozens of such defense and counter…