James J. Bull
James J. Bull | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Utah |
| Children | 2; Robert Bull (son), Martha Bull (daughter) |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Molecular Biology, experimental evolution, Phylogenetics |
| Institutions | University of Texas at Austin |
| Thesis | Evolution in Karyotypes : I. Sex Determination, and II. Chromosomes of Side Necked Turtles (1977) |
| Doctoral advisor | Eric Charnov |
James Jeffrey Bull is Johann Friedrich Miescher Regents Professor in
Molecular Biology at the University of Texas at Austin
. He is best known for his influential 1983 monograph, Evolution of Sex Determining Mechanisms.
In the early 1990s, he changed the focus of his work to
viruses
that attack bacteria.
In 2003 he was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[1] In 2016 he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.[2]
Bibliography
- Evolution of sex determining mechanisms. 1983. Menlo Park, California: The Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company, Inc. ISBN 0-8053-0400-2
References
- University of TexasNews, May 6, 2003. Accessed July 17, 2011
- ^ National Academy of Sciences Members and Foreign Associates Elected, News from the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, May 3, 2016, archived from the original on May 6, 2016, retrieved 2016-05-14.
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