Mammalian Diversification: From Chromosomes to Phylogeography
Eileen Lacey
Abstract
This book combines a series of research papers with more informal recollections of James L. Patton, who served as Curator of Mammals in the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology and as Professor of Integrative Biology at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1969 until 2001. As a curator and a member of the Berkeley faculty, Patton made an indelible mark on vertebrate evolutionary biology. In addition to significantly advancing studies of mammalian evolutionary genetics, systematics, and phylogeography, he was instrumental in shaping the careers of vertebrate biologists throughout the Americas. ... More
This book combines a series of research papers with more informal recollections of James L. Patton, who served as Curator of Mammals in the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology and as Professor of Integrative Biology at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1969 until 2001. As a curator and a member of the Berkeley faculty, Patton made an indelible mark on vertebrate evolutionary biology. In addition to significantly advancing studies of mammalian evolutionary genetics, systematics, and phylogeography, he was instrumental in shaping the careers of vertebrate biologists throughout the Americas. This book brings to life both the career and personality of this evolutionary biologist.
Keywords:
James L. Patton,
Curator of Mammals,
Berkeley faculty,
vertebrate evolutionary biology,
mammalian evolutionary genetics,
systematics,
phylogeography,
vertebrate biologists,
Americas,
evolutionary biologist
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2006 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780520098534 |
| Published to California Scholarship Online: March 2012 |
DOI:10.1525/california/9780520098534.001.0001 |
