Joseph Felsenstein
American phylogeneticist · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1942 · age 84
Joseph "Joe" Felsenstein is an American phylogeneticist and computational biologist, and a Professor Emeritus in the Departments of Genome Sciences and Biology at the University of Washington in Seattle.
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He is best known for his work on phylogenetic inference, and is the author of Inferring Phylogenies, and principal author and distributor of the package of phylogenetic inference programs called PHYLIP. Closely related to his work on phylogenetic inference is his introduction of methods for making statistically independent comparisons using phylogenies.
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Andrew H. KnollBoth received International Prize for Biology
Ryuzo YanagimachiBoth received International Prize for BiologyRobert T. PaineBoth received ASN Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Conceptual Unification of the Biological Sciences
Richard LenskiBoth received ASN Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Conceptual Unification of the Biological SciencesEdred John Henry CornerBoth received International Prize for Biology