(A) Articles About Allan Wilson

Rebecca Andrews (1991) FASEB honours Berkeley biochemist. The Scientist, Vol 5 (No. 12) 19 June. Can be downloaded from:
http://www.the-scentist.library.upenn.edu/yr1991/
june/peop_910610.html

Bob Brockie (1992) The Origin of Our Species. Evening Post (22 July)

Rebecca Cann, (1993) Obituary: Allan C. Wilson, 1935-1991. Human Biology Vol.65 (No.3), p. 343-58.

"Six Who Dared", Cornucopia (Washington State University), Fall 1990

Eve, genetics. The Concise Columbia Electronic Encylopedia, 3rd Edition
http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/04296.html 

J.Felsenstein (1991) Allan Charles Wilson (1934-1991). Nature Vol.353 (5 September) p.19

Ann Gibbons (1991) Systematics goes molecular. Science Vol.251, pp.872-874.

Thomas Jukes and Emile Zuckerkandl (1991) Remembering Allan Wilson. Journal of Molecular Evolution Vol.33 (18 July) p.ii

John Maynard Smith (1991) Obituary: Allan C. Wilson. The Telegraph (10 August)

Rowan Taylor (1998) Common Bonds. New Zealand Listener (31 January)

H.B.White (1995) Dating Eve. Case Study Problem in Molecular Evolution No. 3

(Course notes for CHEM-647 BIOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION)
http://www.udel.edu/pbl/curric/chem647prob.html 

Gilbert Wong (21 July 1991)  The Evolution of Eve. NZ Herald

Gilbert Wong (12 August 1989) Answers Hinge on DNA Theory. NZ Herald
    

Abstracts of many of the following papers can be seen at the following website:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query? 

A.C.Wilson (1975) Evolutionary importance of gene regulation. Stadler Genetics Symposium Vol.7, pp.117-134.

A.C.Wilson (1985) The molecular basis of evolution. Scientific American Vol.253 (No.4, October), pp.164-173.

A.C.Wilson (1986) Time scale for bird evolution. Proceedings of the International Ornithological Congress, Ottawa.

A.C.Wilson (1990) Will sequencing the human genome revolutionize biology? New Biology, Vol.2 (No.7), pp.585-586.

A.C.Wilson and N.O.Kaplan (1963) Enzymes and nucleic acids in systematics. Proceedings of the XVI International Congress of Zoology Vol.4, pp.125-127.

A.C.Wilson and N.O.Kaplan (1964) Enzyme structure and its relation to taxonomy. In: C.A.Leone (editor) Taxonomic Biochemistry and Serology Ronald Press, New York.

A.C.Wilson and R.L.Cann (1992) The recent African genesis of humans. Scientific American Vol.266 (No 4, April): pp.68-73

A.C.Wilson and V.M.Sarich (1969) A molecular time scale for human evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA Vol.63 (No.4), pp.1088-1093

A.C.Wilson, G.L.Bush, S.M.Case and M.C.King (1975) Social structuring of mammalian populations and rate of chromosomal evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA Vol.72,5061-5065

A.C.Wilson, L.R.Maxson and V.M.Sarich (1974) Two types of molecular evolution: Evidence from studies of interspecific hybridization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA Vol.71, pp.2843-2847

A.C.Wilson, R.L.Cann, S.M.Carr, M.George, U.B.Gyllensten, K.M.Bychowski, R.G.Higuchi, S.R.Palumbi, E.M.Prager, R.D.Sage and M.Stoneking (1985) Mitochondrial DNA and two perspectives on evolutionary genetics. Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society Vol.26, pp.375-400

A.C.Wilson, S.S.Carlson and T.J.White (1977) Biochemical evolution. Annual Review of Biochemistry Vol.46, pp.573-639.

A.C.Wilson, V.M.Sarich and L.R.Maxson (1974) The importance of gene rearrangement in evolution: evidence from studies on rates of chromosomal, protein, and anatomical evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA Vol.71, pp.3028-3030

A.Cooper, C.Mourer-Chauviré, G.K.Chambers, A.von Haeseler, A.C.Wilson and S.Pääbo (1992) Independent origins of New Zealand moas and kiwis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA Vol.89, pp.8741-8744

A.DiRienzo and A.C.Wilson (1991) Branching pattern in the evolutionary tree for human mitochondrial DNA Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA Vol.88, pp.1597-1601.

A.Larson, E.M.Prager and A.C.Wilson (1984) Chromosomal evolution, speciation and morphological change in vertebrates: The role of social behaviour. In M.D. Bennett and A.Gropp (editors) Chromosomes Today (Vol.8) Allen and Unwin, pp. 215-228.

A.Meyer and A.C.Wilson (1990) Origin of tetrapods inferred from their mitochondrial DNA affiliation to lungfish. Journal of Molecular Evolution Vol.31 (No.5), pp 359-364

A.Sidow and A.C.Wilson (1990) Compositional statistics: an improvement of evolutionary parsimony and its application to deep branches in the tree of life. Journal of Molecular Evolution Vol.31 (No.1), pp.51-68

A.Sidow, A.C.Wilson and S.Pääbo (1991) Bacterial DNA from Clarkia fossils. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. Vol.333, pp.429-433

C.B.Stewart, J.W.Shilling and A.C.Wilson (1987) Adaptive evolution in the stomach lysozymes of foregut fermenters. Nature Vol.330, pp.401-404 (see also commentary p.315)

C.Y.K.Ho, E.M.Prager, A.C.Wilson, D.T.Osuga and R.E.Feeney (1976) Penguin evolution: Protein comparisons demonstrate phylogenetic relationship to flying aquatic birds. Journal of Molecular Evolution Vol.8, pp.271-282.

D.G.Wallace, L.R.Maxson and A.C.Wilson (1971) Albumin evolution in frogs: A test of the evolutionary clock hypothesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA Vol.68, pp.3127-3129.

D.M.Irwin, T.D.Kocher and A.C.Wilson (1991) Evolution of the cytochrome b gene of mammals. Journal of Molecular Evolution Vol.32 (No.2), pp.128-144

E.M.Prager, A.C.Wilson, D.T.Osuga and R.E.Feeney (1976) Evolution of flightless land birds on southern continents: transferrin comparison shows monophyletic origin of ratites. Journal of Molecular Evolution Vol.8(No.3), pp.283-294

E.M.Prager, D.P.Fowler and A.C.Wilson (1976) Rates of evolution in conifers (Pinaceae). Evolution Vol.30, pp.637-649.

E.M.Prager, A.C.Wilson, J.M.Lowenstein and V.M.Sarich (1980) Mammoth albumin. Science Vol.209, pp.287-289

G.B.Kitto and A.C.Wilson (1966) Evolution of malate dehydrogenase in birds. Science Vol.153, pp.1408-1410.

L.L.Cavalli-Sforza, A.C.Wilson, C.R.Cantor, R.M.Cook-Deegan and M.C.King (1991) Call for a worldwide survey of human genetic diversity: a vanishing opportunity for the Human Genome Project. Genomics Vol.11 (No.2) pp.490-491.

L.M.Cherry, S.M.Case and A.C.Wilson (1978) Frog perspective on the morphological difference between humans and chimpanzees. Science Vol.200, pp.209-211.

L.M.Cherry, S.M.Case and A.C.Wilson (1979) Comparison of frogs, humans and chimpanzees. Science Vol.204, p.435.

L.R.Maxson, V.M.Sarich and A.C.Wilson (1975) Continental drift and the use of albumin as an evolutionary clock. Nature Vol.255, pp.397-400.

L.R.Maxson and A.C.Wilson (1979) Rates of molecular and chromosomal evolution in salamanders. Evolution Vol.33, pp.734-740.

L.Vigilant, M.Stoneking, H.Harpending, K.Hawkes and A.C.Wilson (1991) African populations in the evolution of human mitochondrial DNA. Science Vol.253, pp.1503-1507.

M.C.King and A.C.Wilson (1975) Evolution at two levels in humans and chimpanzees. Science Vol.188, pp.107-116 (see also commentary Science Vol.189, pp.446-447).

M.C.King and A.C.Wilson (1975) Our close cousin, the chimpanzee. New Scientist Vol.67, pp.16-18

M.Hasegawa, A.DiRienzo, T.D.Kocher and A.C.Wilson (1993) Toward a more accurate time scale for the human mitochondrial tree. Journal of Molecular Evolution Vol.37, pp.347-354.

P. Goloubinoff, S.Pääbo and A.C.Wilson (1993) The evolution of maize according to nuclear DNA sequences from archaeological specimens. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA Vol.90, pp.1997-2001

R.G.Higuchi, B.Bowman B, M.Freiberger, O.A.Ryder and A.C.Wilson (1984) DNA sequences from the quagga, an extinct member of the horse family. Nature Vol.312, pp.282-284.

R.G.Higuchi, L.A.Wrischnik, E.Oakes, M.George, B.Tong and A.C.Wilson (1987) Mitochondrial DNA of the extinct quagga: relatedness and extent of postmortem change. Journal of Molecular Evolution Vol.25 (No.4), pp.283-287.

R.H.Thomas, W.Schaffner, A.C.Wilson and S.Pääbo (1989) DNA phylogeny of the extinct marsupial wolf. Nature Vol.340, pp.465-467. (See also R.H.Thomas, A.C.Wilson and S.Pääbo (1990) Reply to Faith. Nature Vol.345, p.390)

R.L.Cann and A.C.Wilson (1982) Models of human evolution. Science Vol.217, pp.303-304.

R.L.Cann and A.C.Wilson (1983) Length mutations in human mitochondrial DNA. Genetics Vol.104, pp.699-711.

R.L.Cann, W.M.Brown and A.C.Wilson (1984) Polymorphic sites and the mechanism of evolution in human mitochondrial DNA. Genetics Vol.106, pp.479-499.

*THE 'EVE' PAPER
R.L.Cann, M.Stoneking and A.C.Wilson (1987) Mitochondrial DNA and human evolution. Nature Vol.325, pp. 31-36. Can be downloaded from http://artsci.wustl.edu/~landc/html/cann/ 

S.D.Ferris, A.C.Wilson and W.M.Brown (1981) Evolutionary tree for apes and humans based on cleavage maps of mitochondrial DNA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA Vol.78, pp.2432-2436.

S.D.Ferris, W.M.Brown, W.S.Davidson and A.C.Wilson (1981) Extensive polymorphism in the mitochondrial DNA of apes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA Vol.78, pp.6319-6323.

S.D.Ferris, R.D.Sage, E.M.Prager, U.Ritte and A.C.Wilson (1983) Mitochondrial DNA evolution in mice. Genetics Vol.105, pp.681-721.

S.M.Beverley and A.C.Wilson (1984) Molecular evolution in Drosophila and the higher diptera II: A time scale for fly evolution. Journal of Molecular Evolution Vol.21, pp.1-13.

S.Pääbo and A.C.Wilson (1991) Miocene DNA sequences - A dream come true? Current Biology Vol.1, pp.45-46.

S.Paabo, J.A.Gifford and A.C.Wilson (1988) Mitochondrial DNA sequences from a 7,000-year-old brain. Nucleic Acids Research. Vol.16, pp.9775-9787.

S.Pääbo, R.G.Higuchi and A.C.Wilson (1989) Ancient DNA and the polymerase chain reaction: The emerging field of molecular archaeology (Minireview). Journal of Biological Chemistry. Vol.264, pp.9709-9712

S.Pääbo, W.K.Kelley, K.M.Whitfield, Y.Kamazawa and A.C.Wilson (1991) Rearrangements of mitochondrial tRNA genes in marsupials. Journal of Molecular Evolution Vol.33, pp.426-430.

S.S.Carlson, A.C.Wilson and R.D.Maxson (1978) Do albumin clocks run on time? Science Vol.200, pp.1183-1185.

T.J.White and A.C.Wilson (1978) Molecular anthropology. Evolution Vol.32, pp.693-694.

V.M.Sarich and A.C.Wilson (1967) Immunological time scale for hominid evolution. Science Vol.158, pp.1200-1203.

V.M.Sarich and A.C.Wilson (1967) Rates of albumin evolution in primates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA Vol.58 (No.1), pp.142-148.

V.M.Sarich and A.C.Wilson (1973) Generation time and genomic evolution in primates. Science Vol 179, pp.1144-1147.

W.K.Thomas, S.Pääbo, F.X.Villablanca and A.C.Wilson (1990) Spatial and temporal continuity of kangaroo rat populations shown by sequencing mitochondrial DNA from museum specimens. Journal of Molecular Evolution Vol.31, pp.101-112.

W.M.Brown, E.M. Prager, A.Wang and A.C.Wilson (1982) Mitochondrial DNA sequences of primates: Tempo and mode of evolution. Journal of Molecular Evolution Vol.18, pp.225-239.

W.M.Brown, M.George Jr. and A.C.Wilson (1979) Rapid evolution of animal mitochondrial DNA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA Vol.76, pp.1967-71
     

J.A.L.Armour, T.Anttinen, C.A.May, E.E.Vega, A.Sajantila, J.R.Kidd,

K.K.Kidd, J.Bertranpetit, S.Pääbo and A.Jeffreys (1996) Minisatellite diversity supports a recent African origin for modern humans. Nature Genetics Vol.13, pp.154-160.

F.J.Ayala (1995) The myth of Eve: molecular biology and human origins. Science Vol.270, pp.1930-1936.

A.M.Bowcock, A.Ruiz-Linares, J.Tomfohrde, E.Minch, J.R.Kidd and L.L.Cavalli-Sforza (1994) High resolution of human evolutionary trees with polymorphic microsatellites. Nature Vol.368, pp.455-457.

R.L.Cann (1992) The search for Eve [letter]. Science, Vol.256, p.79. 

L.L.Cavalli-Sforza (1991) Genes, people and languages. Scientific American (November) pp. 70-78.

L.L.Cavalli-Sforza, P. Manozzi and A.Piazza (1993) Demic expansions and human evolution. Science Vol.259, pp.639-646. (Has gene distribution maps showing the imprint of ancient migration waves out of Africa). [See also published erratum in Science Vol.261 (17 September 1993) p.1508].

L.L.Cavalli-Sforza and F.Cavalli-Sforza (1995) The Great Human Diasporas. Addison-Wesley, New York.

J.Y.Chu, W.Huang, S.Q.Kuang, J.M.Wang, J.J.Xu, Z.T.Chu, Z.Q.Yang, K.Q.Lin, P.Li, M.Wu, Z.C.Geng, C.C.Tan, R.F.Du, L.Jin (1998) Genetic relationship of populations in China. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA Vol.95, pp.11763-11768

R.L.Dorit, H.Akashi and W.Gilbert (1995) Absence of polymorphism at the ZFY' locus of the human Y chromosome. Science Vol.268, pp.1183-1185. (Finds that the Y chromosome, passed on only by males, tells a similar evolutionary story to the mDNA passed on by females.)

Ann Gibbons (1994) African origins theory goes nuclear. Science Vol.264, pp.350-351.

Ann Gibbons (1995) Out of Africa - at last? Science Vol.267, pp.1272-1273.

Ann Gibbons (1997) Y chromosome shows that Adam was African [news]. Science Vol.278, pp.804-805.

D.B.Goldstein, A.Ruiz Linares, L.L.Cavalli-Sforza and M.W.Feldman (1995) Genetic absolute dating based on microsatellites and the origin of modern humans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA Vol.92, pp.6723-6727.

M.F.Hammer (1995) A recent common ancestry for human Y chromosomes. Nature Vol.378, pp.376-378.

M.F.Hammer et al. (1997) The geographic distribution of human Y chromosome variation. Genetics Vol.145 (No.3), pp.787-805.

S.Horai, K.Hayasaka, R.Kondo, K.Tsugane, N.Takahata (1995) Recent African origin of modern humans revealed by complete sequences of hominoid mitochondrial DNAs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA Vol.92, pp.532-536.

L.B.Jorde, M.Bamshad and A.R.Rogers (1998) Using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA markers to reconstruct human evolution. Bioessays Vol.20(No.2 February), pp.126-136

M. Krings, A.Stone, R.W.Schmitz, H.Krainitzki, M.Stoneking and S.Pääbo (1997) Neandertal DNA sequences and the origin of modern humans. Cell Vol.90, pp.19-30 (Finds that Neandertals were cousins not ancestors of modern humans.)

M.Krings, H.Geisert, R.W.Schmitz, H.Krainitzki and S.Pääbo (1999) DNA sequence of the mitochondrial hypervariable region II from the Neandertal type specimen Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA Vol.96, pp.5581-5585. (Confirms earlier finding that Neandertals were cousins not ancestors of modern humans.)

M. Nei (1995) Genetic support for the out-of-Africa theory of human evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA Vol.92, pp.6720-6722.

S.Pääbo (1995) The Y chromosome and the origin of all of us (men). Science Vol.268, pp.1141-1142

D.Penny, E.Watson and M.Steel (1993) Trees from languages and genes are very similar. Systematic Biology Vol.42, pp.382-384.

D.Penny, M.A.Steel, P.J.Waddell and M.D.Hendy (1995) Improved analyses of human mtDNA sequences support a recent African origin for Homo Sapiens. Molecular Biology and Evolution. Vol.12, pp.863-882.

D.E.Reich and D.B.Goldstein (1998) Genetic evidence for a Paleolithic human population expansion in Africa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA Vol.95 (No.14), pp.8119-8123. [See also the published erratum Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA Vol.95 (No.18), p.11026.]

M.Ruvolo (1996) A new approach to studying modern human origins: hypothesis testing with coalescent time distributions. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution Vol.5 (No.1), pp.202-219.

M.Seielstad, E.Bekele, M.Ibrahim, A.Toure and M.Traore (1999) A view of modern human origins from Y chromosome microsatellite variation. Genome Research Vol.9 (No 6, June), pp.558-567.

M.D.Shriver, L.Jin, R.E.Ferrell and R. Deka (1997) Microsatellite data support an early population expansion in Africa. Genome Research Vol.7 (No.6), pp.586-591.

C..B.Stringer and P.Andrews (1988) Genetic and fossil evidence for the origin of modern humans. Science Vol.239, pp.1263-1268.

Chris B.Stringer (1990) The emergence of modern humans. Scientific American (December), pp.98-104.

Chris Stringer and Robin McKie (1996) African Exodus: The Origins of Modern Humanity. Jonathan Cape, London. C.C.Swisher III, W.J.Rink, S.C.Antón, H.P.Schwarcz, G.H.Curtis, A.Suprijo and Widiasmoro (1996) Latest Homo erectus of Java: potential contemporaneity with Homo sapiens in Southeast Asia. Science Vol.274, pp.1870-1874. (New dating method shows that Homo erectus was in Java after the arrival of Homo sapiens less than 30,000 years ago - making them cousins rather than ancestors.)

S.A.Tishkoff, E. Dietzsch, W.Speed, A.J. Pakstis, J.R. Kidd, K. Cheung, B. Bonne-Tamir, A.S.Santachiara-Benerecetti, P.Moral, M.Krings, S.Pääbo, E.Watson, N.Risch, T.Jenkins and K.K.Kidd (1996) Global patterns of linkage disequilibrium at the CD4 locus and modern human origins. Science Vol.271, pp.1380-1387.

D.M.Waddle, (1994) Matrix correlation tests support a single origin for modern humans. Nature Vol.368, pp.452-454. (This first quantitative test of the fossil evidence supports the African origin hypothesis.)

L.Whitfield, L.Simon, J.E.Sulston and P.N.Goodfellow (1995) Sequence variation of the human Y chromosome. Nature Vol.378, pp.379-380.
      

M.Barinaga (1992) 'African Eve' backers beat a retreat Science Vol.255, pp.686-687.

P.Darlu and P.Tassy (1987) Disputed African origin of human populations. Nature Vol.329, p.111 (with response from Cann et al., pp.111-112).

H.Gee (1992) Statistical cloud over African Eden Nature Vol.355, p.583.

R.M.Harding, S.M.Fullerton, R.C.Griffiths, J.Bond, M.J.Cox, J.A.Schneider,

D.S.Moulin and J.B.Clegg (1997) Archaic African and Asian lineages in the genetic ancestry of modern humans. American Journal of Human Genetics. Vol.60 (No. 4), pp.772-789.

A.R.Templeton (1992) Human origins and analysis of mitochondrial DNA sequences. Science Vol.255, p.737.

A.R.Templeton (1993) The 'Eve' Hypothesis: A genetic critique and reanalysis. American Anthropologist Vol.95, pp.51-72.

A.Thorne and M.Wolpoff (1992) The multiregional evolution of Humans. Scientific American (April) pp.28-33

A.G.Thorne, M.H.Wolpoff and R.B.Eckhardt (1993) Genetic variation in Africa. Science Vol.261 (No.5128, 17 September), pp.1507-8

M.Wolpoff and A.Thorne (1991) The case against Eve. New Scientist pp.37-41.

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