Paleogenetics
Encyclopedia
Paleogenetics is the application of genetics
to paleontology
. It has been applied to the study of parasite evolution
. Emile Zuckerkandl
and American
20th century physical chemist
Linus Carl Pauling
introduced the term paleogenetics in 1963. Further, biologist
Svante Pääbo
is seen as its "founding father". According to University of Florida, Gainesville
biochemist
Steve Benner, the discipline rapidly expanded in late 2003 and early 2004.
Genetics
Genetics , a discipline of biology, is the science of genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms....
to paleontology
Paleontology
Paleontology "old, ancient", ὄν, ὀντ- "being, creature", and λόγος "speech, thought") is the study of prehistoric life. It includes the study of fossils to determine organisms' evolution and interactions with each other and their environments...
. It has been applied to the study of parasite evolution
Evolution
Evolution is any change across successive generations in the heritable characteristics of biological populations. Evolutionary processes give rise to diversity at every level of biological organisation, including species, individual organisms and molecules such as DNA and proteins.Life on Earth...
. Emile Zuckerkandl
Emile Zuckerkandl
Emile Zuckerkandl is an Austrian-American biologist considered one of the founders of the field of molecular evolution. He is best known for introducing, with Linus Pauling, the concept of the molecular clock, which set the stage for the neutral theory of molecular evolution.- Life and work...
and American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
20th century physical chemist
Physical chemistry
Physical chemistry is the study of macroscopic, atomic, subatomic, and particulate phenomena in chemical systems in terms of physical laws and concepts...
Linus Carl Pauling
Linus Pauling
Linus Carl Pauling was an American chemist, biochemist, peace activist, author, and educator. He was one of the most influential chemists in history and ranks among the most important scientists of the 20th century...
introduced the term paleogenetics in 1963. Further, biologist
Biology
Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...
Svante Pääbo
Svante Pääbo
Svante Pääbo is a Swedish biologist specializing in evolutionary genetics. He was born in 1955 in Stockholm to Sune Bergström, who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Bengt I. Samuelsson and John R. Vane in 1982, and his mother, Estonian Karin Pääbo.He earned his PhD from Uppsala...
is seen as its "founding father". According to University of Florida, Gainesville
University of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
biochemist
Biochemistry
Biochemistry, sometimes called biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes in living organisms, including, but not limited to, living matter. Biochemistry governs all living organisms and living processes...
Steve Benner, the discipline rapidly expanded in late 2003 and early 2004.