Allan Larson
Allan Larson is a professor at Washington University, St. Louis, MO. He received his Ph.D. in Genetics at
the University of California, Berkeley. His fields of specialization
include evolutionary biology, molecular population genetics and
systematics, and amphibian systematics. He teaches courses in
macroevolution, molecular evolution, and the history of evolutionary
theory, and has organised and taught a special course in evolutionary
biology for high-school teachers.
Dr. Larson has an active research
laboratory which uses DNA sequences to examine evolutionary relationships
among vertebrate species, especially in salamanders, lizards,
fishes, and primates. The students in Dr. Larson's laboratory
have participated in zoological field studies around the world, including
projects in Asia, Australia, South America and the Caribbean Islands.
Dr. Larson has numerous scientific publications, and has edited for the journals, Evolution, Molecular
Phylogenetics and Evolution, and Systematic Biology.
His work on the evolutionary biology of salamanders is summarized
in the web page (http://biodec.wustl.edu/~larsontl/caudata.html)
which he authored for the "Tree of Life," a project presenting
the evolutionary relationships among living organisms. In addition, Dr. Larson serves as an academic advisor
to approximately 40 undergraduate students, and is a member
of Washington University's Undergraduate Council. Through this
work, Dr. Larson is helping to organize
and to teach an all-university course in social thought and analysis.
Email: larson@wustlb.wustl.edu
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