To quote another eminent biologist, François Jacob, “Evolution is a tinkerer, not an engineer.” Figure 4: Two depictions of the Tree of Life. (A) Phylogeny with molecular evidence from Hug et al., “A ...

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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded Schluter the prestigious Crafoord Prize for his work on the mechanics of evolution ... of how the tree of life branches out.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Canadian evolutionary biologist Dolph Schluter the prestigious Crafoord Prize for his work on the mechanics of evolution, which has ...

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