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Mary Jane West-Eberhard
American theoretical biologist, zoologist and entomologist (1941- ) · United States · On the map · Scientists
Mary Jane West-Eberhard is an American theoretical biologist noted for arguing that phenotypic and developmental plasticity played a key role in shaping animal evolution and speciation. She is also an entomologist notable for her work on the behavior and evolution of social wasps.
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2021Linnean MedalAward2003ASN Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Conceptual Unification of the Biological SciencesAward1996Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesAward1941Born20 August 1941
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Born 1941 · age 85
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Richard LenskiBoth received ASN Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Conceptual Unification of the Biological Sciences
Joseph FelsensteinBoth received ASN Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Conceptual Unification of the Biological Sciences
Robert RicklefsBoth received ASN Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Conceptual Unification of the Biological SciencesRobert T. PaineBoth received ASN Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Conceptual Unification of the Biological SciencesW. D. HamiltonBoth received ASN Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Conceptual Unification of the Biological Sciences
Linda PartridgeBoth received ASN Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Conceptual Unification of the Biological Sciences