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Dobata Lab
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The lab studies the mechanisms and evolution of societies in living organisms, using social insects such as ants.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring the ecology and evolution of societies in living organisms
The Dobata Lab studies the mechanisms and evolution of societies in living organisms, focusing mainly on social insects such as ants.
Evolutionary ecology is a branch of macrobiology that seeks to understand biodiversity based on the common principles of evolution.
The lab moves back and forth between theory and empirical work as it pursues its research.
Key terms
- social insects
- Insects such as ants, bees, and termites that live in groups and divide roles among members
- evolutionary ecology
- The field that investigates how the lifestyles and traits of living organisms have been shaped by evolution
- public goods dilemma
- A situation in which everyone would benefit if all cooperated, yet each individual does better by not cooperating
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to understand biodiversity and the universality that underlies it. Focusing mainly on social insects, it conducts research in evolutionary ecology that combines theory and empirical work.
*Illustrative imageCooperation and Cheating in Social Insects
The lab found that colonies of the ant Pristomyrmex punctatus contain non-cooperative lineages with a genetic basis. Together with researchers at the University of the Ryukyus, it showed that the interactions between these lineages and cooperating lineages fit the "public goods dilemma" of game theory.
*Illustrative imageUnderstanding Biological Societies Through Encounters
Interactions between individuals begin with an encounter between two individuals. The lab has continued its efforts to bring the perspective of evolutionary ecology to the "random search problem," which asks how individuals can meet efficiently without knowing where the other is.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorShigeto DobataPublications ↗
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Pristomyrmex punctatus ( )” harum.koh from Kobe city, Japan / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Cooperation and Cheating in Social Insects: “Pristomyrmex punctatus ( )” harum.koh from Kobe city, Japan / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Understanding Biological Societies Through Encounters: “Many red ants on the leaf” KKPCW / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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