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20132026
most citedCoalescence, genetic diversity in sexual populations under selection

86 citations · 128 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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6 papers

physics.soc-ph2026

A model of local and global reciprocity

Mari Kawakatsu, Yohsuke Murase, Taylor A. Kessinger +1

We often decide how to treat friends based on observations of their past behavior, whereas actions toward strangers are typically guided by their public reputations. These two kind…

econ.TH2024

Institutions of public judgment established by social contract and taxation

Taylor A. Kessinger, Joshua B. Plotkin

Indirect reciprocity is a plausible mechanism for sustaining cooperation: people cooperate with those who have a good reputation, which can be acquired by helping others. However,…

physics.soc-ph2023★ 1 cited

A mechanistic model of gossip, reputations, and cooperation

Mari Kawakatsu, Taylor A. Kessinger, Joshua B. Plotkin

Social reputations facilitate cooperation: those who help others gain a good reputation, making them more likely to receive help themselves. But when people hold private views of o…

q-bio.PE2022

Evolution of social norms for moral judgment

Taylor A. Kessinger, Corina E. Tarnita, Joshua B. Plotkin

Reputations provide a powerful mechanism to sustain cooperation, as individuals cooperate with those of good social standing. But how should moral reputations be updated as we obse…

q-bio.PE2013★ 41 cited

Inferring HIV escape rates from multi-locus genotype data

Taylor A. Kessinger, Alan S. Perelson, Richard A. Neher

Cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CTLs) recognize viral protein fragments displayed by major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules on the surface of virally infected cells and generate…

q-bio.PE2013★ 86 cited

Coalescence, genetic diversity in sexual populations under selection

Richard A. Neher, Taylor A. Kessinger, Boris I. Shraiman

In sexual populations, selection operates neither on the whole genome, which is repeatedly taken apart and reassembled by recombination, nor on individual alleles that are tightly…