Publications
Select publications
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Wasielewski H, Alcock J, Aktipis C.A. Resource conflict and cooperation between human host and gut microbiota: implications for nutrition and health. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2016 Jun 6. doi: 10.1111/nyas.13118.
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Aktipis, C.A., Boddy, A., Jansen, G., Hochberg, M., Maley, C., Hibner, U., Wilkinson, G. (2015). Cancer across life: Cooperation and cheating in multicellularity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. Published online June 8 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0219
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Boddy, A., Kokko, H., Breden, F., Wilkinson, G. Aktipis, C.A., (2015). Cancer susceptibility and reproductive tradeoffs: A model of the evolution of cancer defenses. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. Published online June 8 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0220
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Brown, J., Aktipis, C.A., (2015) Inclusive fitness effects can select for cancer suppression into old age. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. Published online June 8 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0160
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Aktipis, C.A., Ellis, B.J., Nishimura, K., Hiatt, R.A., (2014). Modern reproductive patterns associated with estrogen receptor positive but not negative breast cancer susceptibility. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health (2014): eou028.
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Hidaka, B. H., Asghar, A., Aktipis C.A., Nesse, R.M., Wolpaw, T.M., Skursky, N.K., Bennett, K.J., Beyrouty, M.W., Schwartz, M.D. (2015). The status of evolutionary medicine education in North American medical schools. BMC medical education 15(1): 38.
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Jansen, G., Gatenby, B., Aktipis, C.A. (2015). Control vs. eradication: Adopting strategies from infectious disease treatment to cancer. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 112.4 937.
2020
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Winfrey, P., Robertson, C., Maley, C., & Aktipis, C.A.** (2020). Endless Forms Most Beautiful: A Garden Shows That Cancer Is a Part of Life. Leonardo, 1-8.
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Amara, S. N. A., Kuiken, H. J., Selfors, L. M., Butler, T., Leung, M. L., Leung, C. T., Kuhn, E.P., Kolarova, T.R., Hage, C., Ganesh, K., Foster, R., Rueda, B.R., Aktipis, C.A., Spellman, P.T., Ince, T., Navin, N., Mills, G.B., Bronson, R.T., Brugge, J.S.S.(2020). Transient Commensal Clonal Interactions Can Drive Tumor Metastasis. bioRxiv.
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Boddy, A. M., Rupp, S., Hanson, H. A., Yu, Z., Aktipis, C.A., & Smith, K. R. (2020, April). The role of early life adversity and breast cancer outcomes. American Journal of Human Biology, (Vol. 32).
2019
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✝May, A., ✝Narayanan, S., Alcock, J., Varsani, A., Maley, C., & **Aktipis, C.A. (2019). Kombucha: A novel model system for cooperation and conflict in a complex multi-species microbial ecosystem. PeerJ, 7, e7565.
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Whisner, C. M., **Aktipis, C.A. (2019). The role of the microbiome in cancer initiation and progression: How microbes and cancer cells utilize excess energy and promote one another’s growth. Current Nutrition Reports, 1-10.
2016
Wasielewski H, Alcock J, Aktipis C.A. Resource conflict and cooperation between human host and gut microbiota: implications for nutrition and health. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2016 Jun 6. doi: 10.1111/nyas.13118.
2015
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Aktipis, C.A., Boddy, A., Jansen, G., Hochberg, M., Maley, C., Hibner, U., Wilkinson, G. (2015). Cancer across life: Cooperation and cheating in multicellularity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. Published online June 8 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0219
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Boddy, A., Kokko, H., Breden, F., Wilkinson, G. Aktipis, C.A., (2015). Cancer susceptibility and reproductive tradeoffs: A model of the evolution of cancer defenses. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. Published online June 8 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0220
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Brown, J., Aktipis, C.A., (2015) Inclusive fitness effects can select for cancer suppression into old age. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. Published online June 8 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0160
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Hidaka, B. H., Asghar, A., Aktipis C.A., Nesse, R.M., Wolpaw, T.M., Skursky, N.K., Bennett, K.J., Beyrouty, M.W., Schwartz, M.D. (2015). The status of evolutionary medicine education in North American medical schools. BMC medical education 15(1): 38.
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Jansen, G., Gatenby, B., Aktipis, C.A. (2015). Control vs. eradication: Adopting strategies from infectious disease treatment to cancer. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 112.4 937.
2014
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Hao, Y., Cronk L., Armbruster, D., Aktipis, C.A. (2014). Need-based transfers on a network: A model of risk-pooling in ecologically volatile Environments
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Aktipis, C.A., Ellis, B.J., Nishimura, K., Hiatt, R.A., (2014). Modern reproductive patterns associated with estrogen receptor positive but not negative breast cancer susceptibility. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health (2014): eou028.
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Jansen, G., and Aktipis, C.A. (2014). Resistance Is Mobile: The Accelerating Evolution of Mobile Genetic Elements Encoding Resistance. Journal of Evolutionary Medicine. Vol. 2, Article ID 235873, doi:10.4303/jem/235873
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Alcock, J., Maley, C.C., Aktipis, C.A. (2014). Is eating behavior manipulated by the gastrointestinal microbiota? Evolutionary pressures and potential mechanisms. Bioessays. Online publication 8/7/14
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Bryant, G, Aktipis C.A. (2014). The animal nature of spontaneous human laughter. Evolution and Human Behavior. Online publication 3/31/2014
2013
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Aktipis, C.A., Boddy, A., Brown, J., Gatenby, R, Maley C. C. (2013). Life history tradeoffs in cancer evolution. Nature Reviews Cancer, 13, 883-892.
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Aktipis, C.A., Nesse, R. (2013). Evolutionary foundations for cancer biology. Evolutionary Applications. 6(1) 144-159.
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Sprouffske, K, Aktipis, C.A., Radisch, J.P., Carroll, M, Nedulcu, A. M., Maley, C. C. (2013). An evolutionary explanation for the presence of cancer non-stem cells in neoplasms. Evolutionary Applications. 6(1) 92-101.
2012
Aktipis, C.A., Maley, C.C., Pepper, J. W. (2012). Dispersal evolution in neoplasms: The role of disregulated metabolism in the evolution of cell motility. Cancer Prevention Research. 5(2) 266-275
2011
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Aktipis, C.A., Kwan, V.S.Y., Johnson, K. A., Neuberg, S.L., Maley, C.C. (2011) Overlooking evolution: A systematic analysis of cancer relapse and therapeutic resistance research. PLoS ONE 6(11): e26100. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0026100
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Aktipis, C.A. (2011). Is cooperation viable in mobile organisms? Simple Walk Away strategy favors the evolution of cooperation in groups. Evolution and Human Behavior 32(4) 263-276.
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Aktipis, C.A., Cronk, L., De Aguilar, R. (2011). Risk-pooling and herd survival: An agent-based model of a Maasai gift-giving system. Human Ecology 39(2) 131-140.
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Aktipis, C.A., Fernandez-Duque, E. (2011). Parental investment without kin recognition: Simple rules for parent-offspring behavior. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 65(5) 1079-1091.
2010
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Aktipis, C.A., Thompson-Schill, S. (2010) Positive assortment for peer review. Adaptive Behavior, 18(5) 448-450.
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Phillips-Silver, J., Aktipis, C.A., Bryant, G. 2010. The ecology of entrainment: Foundations of coordinated rhythmic movement. Music Perception 28 (1) 3-14. NIHMSID # 289838
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Bendick, R., Dahlin, K.M., Smoliak, S., Kumler, L., Jones, S., Aktipis, C.A., Fugate, E., Hertog, R., Moberg, C., Scott, D. 2010. Choosing carbon mitigation strategies using ethical deliberation. Weather, Climate and Society, 2(2), 140-147.
2007
Kurzban, R.; Aktipis, C. A. 2007. Modularity and the social mind: Are Psychologists too self-ish? Personality and Social Psychology Review, 11(2), 131-149.
2006
Aktipis, C.A. 2006. Recognition memory and the evolution of cooperation: How simple strategies succeed in an agent-based world. Adaptive Behavior, 14, 239-247.
2004
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Aktipis, C.A. 2004. Know when to walk away: Contingent movement and the evolution of cooperation. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 231(2), 249-260.
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Aktipis, C. A.; Kurzban, R.O. 2004. Is Homo economicus extinct? Vernon Smith, Daniel Kahneman and the Evolutionary Perspective. Evolutionary Psychology and Economic Theory, Advances in Austrian Economics, 7, 135-153
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Wakeland, W.W.; Gallaher, E.J; Macovsky, L.M.; Aktipis, C. A. 2004. A comparison of system dynamics and agent based simulation applied to the study of cellular receptor dynamics. 37th Annual Conference of the Hawaii International Complex System Society, January 2004.
2000
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Aktipis, C.A. 2000. The effect of behavioral assortment on selection dynamics: Externalities, information processing and subjective commitment. Eilis Boudreau and Carlo Maley, eds., Proceedings of the Artificial Life VII Workshops, 90-93.
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Aktipis, C.A. 2000. An evolutionary perspective on consciousness: The role of emotion, theory of mind and self-deception. The Harvard Brain: Journal of Mind, Brain and Behavior, 7, 29-34.
Book Chapters and Other Contributions
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Greaves, M., Aktipis C.A. (in press). Cancer in the modern world: Does mismatch with our ancestral environment enhance cancer risk? Frontiers in Cancer Research.
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Schiffman, J. D., White, R. M., Graham, T. A., Huang, Q, Aktipis, C.A. (in press)
The Darwinian dynamics of motility and metastasis. Frontiers in Cancer Research.
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Aktipis, C.A., Maley, C.C. (2011) The self-ish cell: Cancer’s emerging evolutionary paradigm. Evolution and Medicine Review (August 9). http://evmedreview.com/?p=764.
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Aktipis, C.A., Maley, C. C., & Neuberg. S. L. (2010). Psychological barriers to evolutionary thinking in medicine. Evolution and Medicine Review (Feb 24). http://evmedreview.com/?p=231
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Aktipis, C.A. 2010. Book review of ‘Why we cooperate’ by M. Tomasello. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation 13(3) http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/13/3/reviews/7.html
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Aktipis, C.A. 2008. When to Walk Away and when to stay: Cooperation evolves when agents can leave unproductive partners and groups. Dissertation.
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Kurzban, R.; Aktipis, C.A. 2007b. On detecting the footprints of multilevel selection. Gangestad, S. W. & J. A. Simpson (Eds.) Evolution of Mind: Fundamental Questions and Controversies. New York: Guilford, 226-232.
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Kurzban, R. O., Aktipis, C.A. 2006. Modular minds, multiple motives. Shaller, M; Simpson, J & Kenrick, D. (Eds.) Evolution and Social Psychology, 39-53. New York: Psychology Press.