Arpiar Saunders Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
An evolutionary biologist who coauthored work on centromere-associated meiotic drive in monkeyflowers, comparing female transmission advantage with male fertility costs.[ref]
Centromere-associated female meiotic drive entails male fitness costs in monkeyflowers by Lila Fishman and Arpiar Saunders. Author roster and experimental or comparative findings
Ashleigh S. Griffin Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
An evolutionary biologist who tested the effects of relatedness and the scale of competition on cooperative siderophore production in bacteria.[ref]
Cooperation and competition in pathogenic bacteria by Ashleigh S. Griffin and others. Author roster and experimental or comparative findings
B. Rosemary Grant Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
Evolutionary biologist who, with Peter R. Grant, studied Darwin's finches over decades. Repeated field measurements connected selection and hybridization with changing beak and body traits, revealing events that a short observation period could miss.[ref]
Unpredictable evolution in a 30-year study of Darwin's finches by Peter R. Grant and B. Rosemary Grant. Author list and described study
Portrait of B. Rosemary Grant
. David Craig. CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Source. C. Graham Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
An evolutionary biologist who coauthored an interpretation of genomic imprinting through conflict over growth regulation; the primary publication credits the author with these initials.[ref]
The Electrical Double Layer and the Theory of Electrocapillarity by David C. Grahame. Author roster and experimental or comparative findings
Charles Darwin 2026-10-24
Evolutionary biologist whose explanation of natural selection linked inherited genetic variation to differential reproduction.
Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
An evolutionary biologist who investigated the genetic basis of stronger mate discrimination, testing speciation through reinforcement.[ref]
The Genetics of Speciation by Reinforcement by Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos and others. Author roster and experimental or comparative findings
David Haig Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
An evolutionary biologist who developed a conflict-based interpretation of genomic imprinting, asking why maternally and paternally inherited variants can favour different growth outcomes.[ref]
Genomic imprinting and the strange case of the insulin-like growth factor II receptor by David Haig and C. Graham. Author roster and experimental or comparative findings
Durrell D. Kapan Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
An evolutionary biologist who tested Müllerian mimicry in the field through butterfly release experiments with different local co-models and release densities.[ref]
Three-butterfly system provides a field test of müllerian mimicry by Durrell D. Kapan. Author roster and experimental or comparative findings
Evolutionary biologist Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
An evolutionary biologist investigates inherited change and the historical relationships of organisms. Work can combine genetics, ecology, paleontology and experiments, connecting mechanisms such as natural selection and genetic drift to patterns of diversity.
Frédéric Delsuc Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
An evolutionary biologist who used molecular evidence to test chordate relationships, supporting tunicates as the closest living relatives of vertebrates.[ref]
Tunicates and not cephalochordates are the closest living relatives of vertebrates by Frédéric Delsuc and others. Authorship and research contribution
Johannes A. J. Breeuwer Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
An evolutionary biologist who investigated microorganisms associated with chromosome destruction and reproductive isolation in insects.[ref]
Microorganisms associated with chromosome destruction and reproductive isolation between two insect species by Johannes A. J. Breeuwer and John H. Werren. Author roster and experimental or comparative findings
John H. McDonald Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
Evolutionary biologist who, with Martin Kreitman, compared synonymous and amino acid-changing differences within and between Drosophila species. Their 1991 analysis supplied a statistical test of neutral evolution: under the proposed neutral baseline, the two kinds of difference should occur in the same ratio within and between species.[ref]
John H. Werren Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
An evolutionary biologist who studied microbial contributions to cytoplasmic incompatibility, using reciprocal insect crosses and microbial manipulation.[ref]
Microorganisms associated with chromosome destruction and reproductive isolation between two insect species by Johannes A. J. Breeuwer and John H. Werren. Author roster and experimental or comparative findings
K. A. Osborne Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
An evolutionary biologist who investigated genetic variation in Drosophila foraging, combining behavioural measurements, kinase activity and transgenic rescue; the source credits these initials.[ref]
Natural Behavior Polymorphism Due to a cGMP-Dependent Protein Kinase of Drosophila by K. A. Osborne and others. Author roster and experimental or comparative findings
Levi T. Morran Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
Evolutionary biologist studying sexual reproduction and host–parasite coevolution. Morran and collaborators experimentally tested whether an evolving parasite can favor reproduction involving two parents, connecting the maintenance of sexual reproduction with changing biological enemies.[ref]
Running with the Red Queen: host-parasite coevolution selects for biparental sex by Levi T. Morran and others. Title and experimental comparison
Lila Fishman Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
An evolutionary biologist who investigated centromere drive in monkeyflowers, testing how a transmission advantage can coexist with a fertility cost.[ref]
Centromere-associated female meiotic drive entails male fitness costs in monkeyflowers by Lila Fishman and Arpiar Saunders. Author roster and experimental or comparative findings
Marla Spivak Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
An evolutionary biologist who investigated disease resistance in honeybee colonies bred for hygienic behaviour, combining brood assays with pathogen challenge.[ref]
Resistance to American foulbrood disease by honey bee colonies Apis mellifera bred for hygienic behavior by Marla Spivak and Gary S. Reuter. Author roster and experimental or comparative findings
Martin Kreitman Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
Evolutionary biologist who, with John H. McDonald, developed a comparison of within-species variation and between-species divergence to test neutral evolution. Their 1991 study compared synonymous and amino acid-changing differences at the alcohol-dehydrogenase locus in Drosophila, finding an excess of fixed amino acid changes consistent with natural selection.[ref]
Mohamed A. Noor Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
An evolutionary biologist who investigated geographic differences in mate discrimination in Drosophila, testing evidence for reinforcement.[ref]
Speciation driven by natural selection in Drosophila by Mohamed A. Noor. Author roster and experimental or comparative findings
Nancy Knowlton 2026-10-24
Evolutionary biologist whose marine research includes species delimitation and divergence of snapping shrimp lineages.
