Joe Yuichiro Wakano
Research Accomplishments(May 22nd, 2013)

Current Position
Associate Professor
School of Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences
Meiji University

Research Interests
Mathematical Biology
Mathematical modeling, analysis and simulation in Ecology and Evolution(evolutionary game theory, behavioral ecology, evolution of social/individual learning,
evolution of cooperation, pattern formation, reaction diffusion equations, etc.)

Selected Papers
Wakano JY, Maenosono S, Komoto A, Eiha N & Yamaguchi Y (2003) Self-organizedpattern formation of bacteria colony modelled by reaction diffusion system andnucleation theory. Physical Review Letters 90:258102
Wakano JY, Aoki K & Feldman MW (2004) Evolution of social learning: amathematical analysis. Theoretical Population Biology 66:249-258
Wakano JY, Nowak MA & Hauert C (2009) Spatial dynamics of ecological public
goods. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA
106:7910-7914
Wakano JY, Iwasa Y (2013) Evolutionary branching in a finite population:
Deterministic branching versus stochastic branching. Genetics 193:229-241
Wakano JY, Ohstuki H & Kobayasi Y (2013) A mathematical description of theinclusive fitness theory. Theoretical Population Biology 84:46-55

Research Grants (competitive funding)
MEXT Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) No.25870800 (2013-2015)
MEXT Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) on Innovative Areas(2010-2014) No.22101004 "Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans:
Testing Evolutionary Models of Learning" (Leader: T.Akazawa)

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JST PRESTO "Innovative model of biological processes and its development"(2009-2012)
Global COE Program "Formation and Development of Mathematical Sciences Basedon Modeling and Analysis" (Leader:M.Mimura) (2008-2012)
MEXT Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) No.20770019 (2008-2010)
MEXT Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) No.18-09976 (2006-2007)
MEXT Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) No.17770011 (2005)

Current/Former members in my lab
2013-

Kenichi Aoki (visiting professor; human evolution)

2013-

Yutaka Kobayashi (PD; evolutionary models)2012-

Tomasso Scotti (Ph.D; population ecology)

2012-

Chiaki Miura (PD; population genetics)

2011-

Rokyo Okajima (PD; evolution)

2010-2011

Takuya Machida (PD; stochastic analysis)

2009-2012

Wataru Nakahashi (PD; human evolution)

2009-2010

Zu Jian (PD; adaptive dynamics)

MembershipJapanese Society for Mathematical Biology (JSMB)
Japan Physical Society (JPS)Japan Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (JSIAM)
Ecological Society of Japan (ESJ)The Anthropological Society of Nippon (ASN)
Affiliated Scientist of Center for Ecological Research (Kyoto University)

Contribution as a reviewer
Physical Review Letters, The American Naturalist, Journal of Theoretical Biology,
Theoretical Population Biology, Evolutionary Ecology, Mathematical Biosciences,
Journal of Ethology, Population Ecology, BMC Evolutionary Biology, Current
Anthropology, Physica A, International Journal of Dynamical Systems andDifferential Equations, Evolution and Human Behavior, Behavioral Ecology,
Proceedings B, PNAS, Journal of Royal Society Interface

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visit http://joefs.mind.meiji.ac.jp/~joe/research/

for the most recent information

1. Wakano JY, Nakata K & Yamamura N (1998)
Dynamic model of optimal age polyethism in social insects under stable andfluctuating environments.

Journal of Theoretical Biology 193:153-165

2. Wakano JY & Yamamura N (2001)
A simple learning strategy which realizes robust cooperation better than Pavlov.

Journal of Ethology 19:1-8

3. Wakano JY, Kohmatsu Y & Yamamura N (2002)
Evolutionary dynamics of frequency-dependent growth strategy in cannibalisticamphibians.

Evolutionary Ecology Research 4:719-736

4. Eiha N, Komoto A, Maenosono S, Wakano JY, Yamamoto K & Yamaguchi Y (2002)
The mode transition of the bacterial colony.

Physica A 313:609-624

5. Komoto A, Hanaki K, Maenosono S, Wakano JY, Yamaguchi Y & Yamamoto K (2003)
Growth dynamics of Bacillus circulans colony.

Journal of Theoretical Biology 225:91-97.... DOI 10.1016/S0022-5193(03)00224-8

6. Wakano JY, Maenosono S, Komoto A, Eiha N & Yamaguchi Y (2003)
Self-organized pattern formation of bacteria colony modelled by reaction diffusion
system and nucleation theory

Physical Review Letters 90:258102.... DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.258102

7. Yamamura N, Higashi M, Behera N & Wakano JY (2004)
Evolution of mutualism through spatial effects

Journal of Theoretical Biology 226:421-428.... DOI 10.1016/j.jtbi.2003.9.016

8. Wakano JY (2004)
Drastic growth effect may explain sympatric cannibalistic polymorphism

Journal of Theoretical Biology 226:69-77.... DOI 10.1016/j.jtbi.2003.8.005

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9. Wakano JY, Komoto A & Yamaguchi Y (2004)
Phase transition of traveling waves in bacterial colony pattern

Physical Review E 69:051904 .... DOI 10.1103/PhysRevE.69.051904

10. Wakano JY, Aoki K & Feldman MW (2004)
Evolution of social learning: a mathematical analysis

Theoretical Population Biology 66:249-258 .... DOI 10.1016/j.tpb.2004.06.005

11. Aoki K, Wakano JY & Feldman MW (2005)
The emergence of social learning in a temporally changing environment: A theoreticalmodel

Current Anthropology 46:334-340.... DOI 10.1086/428791

12. Wakano JY & Ihara Y (2005)
Evolution of male parental care and female multiple mating: game-theoretical andtwo-locus diploid models

The American Naturalist 166:E32-44

13. Wakano JY (2005)
Evolution of extraordinary female-biased sex ratios: The optimal schedule of sex
ratio in local mate competition

Journal of Theoretical Biology 237:193-202.... DOI 10.1016/j.jtbi.2005.04.006

14. Wakano JY (2006)
A mathematical analysis on public goods games in the continuous space

Mathematical Biosciences 201:72-89.... DOI 10.1016/j.mbs.2005.12.015

15. Wakano JY & Aoki K (2006)
A mixed strategy model for the emergence and intensification of social learning in aperiodically changing natural environment

Theoretical Population Biology 70:486-497.... DOI 10.1016/j.tpb.2006.04.003

16. Seki M, Wakano JY & Ihara Y (2007)
A theoretical study on the evolution of male parental care and female multiple mating:Effects of female mate choice and male care bias

Journal of Theoretical Biology 247:281-296.... DOI 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.03.010

17. Wakano JY (2007)
Evolution of cooperation in spatial public goods games with common resource

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Journal of Theoretical Biology 247:616-622.... DOI 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.04.008

18. Wakano JY & Aoki K (2007)
Do Social Learning and Conformist Bias Coevolve? Henrich and Boyd Revisited

Theoretical Population Biology 72:504-512.... DOI 10.1016/j.tpb.2007.04.003

19. Hauert C, Wakano JY & Doebeli M (2008)
Ecological Public Goods Games: cooperation and bifurcation

Theoretical Population Biology 73:257-263.... DOI 10.1016/j.tpb.2007.11.007

20. Wakano JY & Whiteman HH (2008)
Evolution of polyphenism: the role of density and relative body size on morph
determination

Evolutionary Ecology Research 10:1157-1172....

21. Wakano JY, Nowak MA & Hauert C (2009)
Spatial dynamics of ecological public goods

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
106:7910-7914.... DOI 10.1073/pnas.0812644106

22. Zu J, Mimura M & Wakano JY (2010)
The evolution of phenotypic traits in a predator-preysystem subject to Allee effect

Journal of Theoretical Biology 262:528-543.... DOI 10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.10.022

23. Kurokawa S, Wakano JY & Ihara Y (2010)
Generous cooperators can outperform non-generous cooperators when replacing a
population of defectors

Theoretical Population Biology 77:257-262.... DOI 10.1016/j.tpb.2010.03.002

24. Wakano JY & Hauert C (2011)
Pattern formation and chaos in spatial ecological public goods games

Journal of Theoretical Biology 268:30-38.... DOI 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.09.036

25. Wakano JY, Ikeda K, Miki T & Mimura M (2011)
Effective dispersal rate is a function of habitat size and corridor shape: mechanistic
formulation of a two-patch compartment model for spatially continuous systemsOikos 120: 1712-1720.... DOI 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19074.x

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26. Wakano JY, Kawasaki K, Shigesada N & Aoki K (2011)
Coexistence of individual and social learners during range-expansion

Theoretical Population Biology 80:132-140.... DOI 10.1016/j.tpb.2011.06.001

27. Wakano JY (2012)
Spatiotemporal dynamics of cooperation and spite behavior by conformisttransmission

Communications on Pure and Applied Analysis 11:375-386.... DOI 10.3934/cpaa.2012.11.375

28. Mirrahimi S, Perthame B & Wakano JY (2012)
Evolution of species trait through resource competitionJournal of Mathematical Biology 64:1189-1223.... DOI 10.1007/s00285-011-0447-z

29. Kobayashi Y & Wakano JY (2012)
Evolution of social versus individual learning in an infinite island model

Evolution 66:1624-1635.... DOI 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01541.x

30. Aoki K, Wakano JY & Lehmann L (2012)
Evolutionarily stable learning schedules and cumulative culture in discrete generation
models

Theoretical Population Biology 81:300-309.... DOI 10.1016/j.tpb.2012.01.006

31. Wakano JY & Lehmann L (2012)
Evolutionary and convergence stability for continuous phenotypes in finitepopulations derived from two-allele models

Journal of Theoretical Biology 310:206-215.... DOI 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.06.036

32. Nakahashi W, Wakano JY & Henrich J (2012)
Adaptive social learning strategies in temporally and spatially varying environments

Human Nature 23:386-418.... DOI 10.1007/s12110-012-9151-y

33. Wakano JY & Iwasa Y (2013)
Evolutionary branching in a finite population: Deterministic branching versus
stochastic branching

Genetics 193:229-241.... DOI 10.1534/genetics.112.144980

34. Wakano JY, Ohstuki H & Kobayasi Y (2013)
A mathematical description of the inclusive fitness theory

Theoretical Population Biology 84:46-55.... DOI 10.1016/j.tpb.2012.11.007

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35. Lehmann L, Wakano JY & Aoki K (2013)
On optimal learning schedules and the marginal value of cumulative cultural evolution

Evolution .... DOI 10.1111/evo.12040

36. Lehmann L, & Wakano JY (2013)
The handaxe and the microscope: individual and social learning in a multidimensionalmodel of adaptation

Evolution and Human Behavior 34:109-117.... DOI 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2012.11.001

37. Perthame B, Mirrahimi S, Wakano JY (in press)
Direct competition results from strong competiton for limited resource

Journal of Mathematical Biology....

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