Professor

Gunter P. Wagner

Yale University
Evolutionary biologist; Educator
Area
Biological Sciences
Specialty
Evolution and Ecology
Elected
2010
Alison Richard Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Works in evolutionary developmental biology and theoretical evolutionary genetics. Theoretical studies of the evolution of canalization and genetic architecture and experimental work on the developmental genetics of vertebrate limb evolution provided insights into evolution of complex, integrated phenotypes. Offered experimentally supported hypothesis of transformation of digit identity in evolution of birds from dinosaurs. Served on editorial board of Evolution and Development; editor-in-chief of Journal of Experimental Zoology. Awarded MacArthur Fellowship (1992).
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