Professor
Jerry Allen Coyne
University of Chicago
Evolutionary biologist; Geneticist; Educator
Area
Biological Sciences
Specialty
Evolution and Ecology
Elected
2007
Main architect of the theory of the genetics of speciation. Darwin realized that new species were continually arising by branching off from older lineages, and Mayr laid out the ecology of speciation. Developed the synthesis for the genetics of speciation - the genetics underlying the incompatibilities behind reproductive isolation.
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