- Jan Sapp
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name = Jan Sapp
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birth_place =Canada
nationality =Canadian
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field =Biology/History
work_institutions =University of Montreal ,York University Jan Sapp is professor of
biology atYork University , Canada. He is known for his writing on thecoral reef crisis, focusing in detail on the outbreaks ofcrown of thorns starfish andcoral bleaching and especially for his writings on the history and philosophy of evolutionary biology which focus on microbial evolution and phylogeny, symbiosis, and cytoplasmic inheritance.He was the Tier II
Canada Research Chair in the History of the Biological Sciences at theUniversité du Québec à Montréal from 2001-2003.Books by Jan Sapp
#Jan Sapp ed., Microbial Phylogeny and Evolution: Concepts and Controversies. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
#Jan Sapp, Genesis: The Evolution of Biology. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.
#Jan Sapp, What is Natural? Coral Reef Crisis. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999 and 2003.
#Jan Sapp, Evolution by Association. A History of Symbiosis. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.
#Jan Sapp, Where The Truth Lies. Franz Moewus and the Origins of Molecular Biology. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990.
#Jan Sapp, Beyond the Gene. New York: Oxford University Press, 1987.Recent Articles and Chapters
#Jan Sapp, “The Prokaryote-Eukaryote Dichotomy: Meanings and Mythology,” Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, 69 (2005): 101-115.
#Jan Sapp, “The Bacterium’s Place in Nature” in J. Sapp ed., Microbial Evolution Concepts and Controversies, New York: Oxford University Press, 2005 pp. 1-52.
#Jan Sapp, “The Dynamics of Symbiosis. An historical overview “Canadian Journal of Botany, 82 (2004):1-11.References
Bio pages at York University: [http://www.biol.yorku.ca/grad/faculty/jansapp.htm Dept. of Biology]
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