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Mary Jane West-Eberhard
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American theoretical biologist, zoologist and entomologist (1941- )
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Mary Jane West-Eberhard is an American biologist, zoologist, and entomologist who also works as a university teacher. Born in Pontiac in 1941, she holds citizenship in the United States and speaks English. Her professional career includes positions at the Smithsonian Institution and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. She received her education at Harvard University and the University of Michigan.
West-Eberhard’s field of work encompasses eusociality, ethology, entomology, and Vespidae. She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Her accolades include the Linnean Medal and the ASN Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Conceptual Unification of the Biological Sciences. She is also recognized as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- The social biology of polistine wasps
- Natural history and evolution of paper-wasps
- The social biology of polistine wasps
- Developmental Plasticity and Evolution
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1893-08-17
- Active to
- 1980-11-22
Discography
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A new method of classifying prognostic comorbidity in longitudinal studies: Development and validation
· 1987 · cited 42,834x
- <i>PHENIX</i>: a comprehensive Python-based system for macromolecular structure solution
· 2010 · cited 23,585x
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 20,908x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,623x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,798x
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jane
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Pontiac
- Occupation
- ecologist
- Educated at
- University of Michigan
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Linnean Medal
- Field of work
- zoology
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- member of
- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- date of birth
- 1941-08-20
- name in native language
- Mary Jane West-Eberhard
- writing language
- English language
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