Ayala, Francisco José

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AYALA, Francisco José

AYALA, Francisco José. American (born Spain), b. 1934. Genres: Biology, Philosophy. Career: Donald Bren Professor of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, since 1989 (Distinguished Professor of Biology, 1987-89). Research Associate, 1964-65, and Assistant Professor, 1967-71, Rockefeller University, New York; Assistant Professor, Providence College, Rhode Island, 1965-67. Professor of Genetics, University of California, Davis (joined faculty 1971; Director, Institute of Ecology, 1977-81; Associate Dean of Environmental Studies, 1977-81). Publications: Studies in the Philosophy of Biology, 1974; Molecular Evolution, 1976; Evolution, 1977; Evolving: The Theory and Processes of Organic Evolution, 1979; Population and Evolutionary Genetics, 1982; Modern Genetics, 2nd ed., 1984. Address: University of California, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Irvine, CA 92697-2525, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]