Joseph "Joe" Felsenstein(born May 9, 1942[2]) is a Professor Emeritus in the Departments of Genome Sciences andBiologyat theUniversity of WashingtoninSeattle.He is best known for his work onphylogenetic inference,and is the author ofInferring Phylogenies,and principal author and distributor of the package of phylogenetic inference programs calledPHYLIP.Closely related to his work on phylogenetic inference is his introduction of methods for making statistically independent comparisons using phylogenies.[3][4][5][6]
Joe Felsenstein | |
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 Joe Felsenstein | |
| Born | Joseph Felsenstein May 9, 1942 |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago |
| Known for | PHYLIP Felsenstein's tree-pruning algorithm |
| Relatives | Lee Felsenstein(brother) |
| Awards | Sewall Wright Award(1993) Weldon Memorial Prize(2000) Darwin–Wallace Medal(2008) John J. Carty award(2009) International Prize for Biology(2013) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Systematics Phylogenetics Population genetics Phylogenetic comparative methods |
| Institutions | University of Washington |
| Thesis | Statistical Inference and the Estimation of Phylogenies(1968) |
| Doctoral advisor | Richard Lewontin[1] |
| Notable students | Fred W. Allendorf Michael Turelli Bruce Walsh |
| Website | www evolution |
Education
editFelsenstein did his undergraduate work at theUniversity of Wisconsin–Madisonwhere he did undergraduate research underJames F. Crow.[7]He then did doctoral work underRichard Lewontinin the 1960s, when he was at theUniversity of Chicago,[8]and did apostdocat the Institute of Animal Genetics inEdinburgh[8]prior to becoming faculty at theUniversity of Washington.
Research
editIn addition to his work inphylogenetics,[9][10][11][12] [13]Felsenstein is also noted for his work in theoreticalpopulation genetics,including studies on selection, migration, linkage, speciation, and thecoalescent.[14][15][16]
Awards
editFelsenstein is a member of theNational Academy of Sciences.He was awarded theDarwin-Wallace Medalby theLinnean Society of Londonin 2008. In 2009 he was awarded theJohn J. Carty Awardfrom the National Academy of Sciences.[17]In 2013 he was awarded the International Prize for Biologyby the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.[18]
The moth speciesUfeus felsensteiniwas named in his honor.
Personal life
editFelsenstein is the older brother of early personal computer designerLee Felsenstein.[19]
An interview covering aspects of his academic career is part of the Distinguished Faculty Interview Series[20]of the Department of Genome Sciences,University of Washington.
References
edit- ^Joseph Felsensteinat theMathematics Genealogy Project
- ^"International Prize for biology | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science".www.jsps.go.jp.Retrieved2015-12-03.
- ^Felsenstein, J. (1985). "Phylogenies and the Comparative Method".The American Naturalist.125:1–2.doi:10.1086/284325.S2CID9731499.
- ^Joseph Felsenstein's publicationsindexed by theScopusbibliographic database.(subscription required)
- ^Joseph Felsensteinpublications indexed byGoogle Scholar
- ^Joseph Felsensteinpublications indexed byMicrosoft Academic
- ^James F. CrowArchived2006-08-28 at theWayback Machine
- ^ab"Archived copy".Archived fromthe originalon 2006-08-28.Retrieved2006-08-16.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^Felsenstein, J.(1973). "Maximum Likelihood and Minimum-Steps Methods for Estimating Evolutionary Trees from Data on Discrete Characters".Systematic Biology.22(3): 240–249.doi:10.1093/sysbio/22.3.240.
- ^Felsenstein, J.(1981). "Evolutionary trees from DNA sequences: A maximum likelihood approach".Journal of Molecular Evolution.17(6): 368–376.Bibcode:1981JMolE..17..368F.doi:10.1007/BF01734359.PMID7288891.S2CID8024924.
- ^Felsenstein, J. (1982). "Numerical Methods for Inferring Evolutionary Trees".The Quarterly Review of Biology.57(4): 379–404.doi:10.1086/412935.S2CID53635900.
- ^Felsenstein, Joe(1985)."Confidence limits on phylogenies: an approach using the bootstrap"(PDF).Evolution.39(4): 783–791.doi:10.2307/2408678.JSTOR2408678.PMID28561359.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2011-12-30.
- ^Felsenstein, J. (1988). "Phylogenies from Molecular Sequences: Inference and Reliability".Annual Review of Genetics.22:521–565.doi:10.1146/annurev.ge.22.120188.002513.PMID3071258.
- ^Felsenstein, J., and B. Taylor, eds. 1973.A Bibliography of Theoretical Population Genetics.U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Technical Information Center, Oak Ridge, Tenn.
- ^Felsenstein, J. 2004.Inferring Phylogenies.Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, Mass.
- ^Felsenstein, J. 2005.Theoretical Evolutionary Genetics(free ebook)
- ^"John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science".National Academy of Sciences. Archived fromthe originalon 29 December 2010.Retrieved25 February2011.
- ^"International Prize for biology | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science".
- ^Early History of the Personal Computer
- ^"UW Genome Sciences: Distinguished Faculty Interview Series".