Segnalo il contributo personale di Eviatar Nevo che ricorda il protagonista dell'evoluzione del Novecento:
Ernst Mayr (1904-2005) Evolutionary leader, protagonist, and visionary
Theoretical Population Biology, Volume 70, Issue 2, , September 2006, Pages 105-110.
Rimando a Pikaia per sfogliare nuovamente la pagina che abbiamo dedicato all'autore e riporto un riepilogo sicuramente non completo degli articoli pubblicati subito dopo la sua scomparsa:
Georgy S. Levit, Kay Meister. The history of essentialism vs. Ernst Mayr's "Essentialism Story": A case study of German idealistic morphology. Theory in Biosciences, Volume 124, Issues 3-4, , 1 March 2006, Pages 281-307.
Douglas J. Futuyma. Ernst Mayr, genetics and speciation. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Volume 21, Issue 1, , January 2006, Pages 7-8.
Provine WB.. Ernst Mayr, a retrospective. Trends Ecol Evol. 2005 Aug;20(8):411-3
Homberger DG.. Ernst Mayr and the complexity of life. J Biosci. 2005 Sep;30(4):427-33
Bock WJ.. Ernst Mayr - teacher, mentor, friend. J Biosci. 2005 Sep;30(4):422-6
Sarkar S.. In memoriam: Ernst Mayr (1904-2005). J Biosci. 2005 Sep;30(4):415-8
Wilkins AS.. Speciation patterns and mechanisms: a symposium to honor Ernst Mayr. Bioessays. 2005 Jun;27(6):661-3
Gadagkar R.. Ernst Mayr (1904-2005). J Genet. 2005 Apr;84(1):87-9
de Queiroz K.. Ernst Mayr and the modern concept of species. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 3;102 Suppl 1:6600-7
Coyne JA.. Evolution. Ernst Mayr (1904-2005). Science. 2005 Feb 25;307(5713):1212-3
Diamond J.. Obituary: Ernst Mayr (1904-2005). Nature. 2005 Feb 17;433(7027):700-1

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