Biology
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Theodosius Dobzhansky famously proclaimed that “nothing makes sense in biology except in the light of evolution." Though Dobzhansky's statement is sometimes dismissed by biologists in other fields as self-promotion, recent advances in many areas of biology have shown it to be prophetic. For example, genomics, which emerged mostly from molecular biology, is now steeped in evolutionary biology. Evolutionary theory helps to explain our origins, our history, and how we function as organisms and interact with other life forms, all of which are crucial to understanding our future (e.g., [1]–[5]). Evolutionary approaches have helped reconstruct the history of human culture, including, for example, the history of human populations and languages [6]–[11]. And the impact of evolutionary biology is extending further and further into biomedical research and nonbiological fields such as engineering, computer sciences, and even the criminal justice system.
Publication Title
PLoS Biology
Publication Date
1-2013
Volume
11
Issue
1
ISSN
1544-9173
DOI
10.1371/journal.pbio.1001466
Keywords
biological evolution, phylogeny, gemonics
Repository Citation
Losos, Jonathan B.; Arnold, Stevan J.; Bejerano, Gill; Brodie, E. D.; Hibbett, David; Hoekstra, Hopi E.; Mindell, David P.; Monteiro, Antónia; Moritz, Craig; Orr, H. Allen; Petrov, Dmitri A.; Renner, Susanne S.; Ricklefs, Robert E.; Soltis, Pamela S.; and Turner, Thomas L., "Evolutionary Biology for the 21st Century" (2013). Biology. 221.
https://commons.clarku.edu/faculty_biology/221
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Losos, J. B., Arnold, S. J., Bejerano, G., Brodie III, E. D., Hibbett, D., Hoekstra, H. E., ... & Turner, T. L. (2013). Evolutionary biology for the 21st century. PLoS biology, 11(1), e1001466.
