European Society for Evolutionary Biology
The European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB) was founded in 1987. It is publishing the Journal of Evolutionary Biology, organises meetings and biannually awards a John Maynard Smith Prize.
Its objectives are to "Support the study of organic evolution and the integration of those scientific fields that are concerned with evolution: molecular and microbial evolution, behaviour, genetics, ecology, life histories, development, paleontology, systematics and morphology."
Presidents
- First president : Arthur Cain
- Third president : John Maynard Smith
- Brian Charlesworth
- As of 2007 : Isabelle Olivieri
- As of 2013 : Roger Butlin
- Since 2015 : Laurent Keller
Further reading
- Stearns, S. C. (2008), "How the European Society for Evolutionary Biology and the Journal of Evolutionary Biology were founded" (PDF), Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 21 (6): 1449–1451, doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01626.x
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