Precipitin Testing and Classification

Boyden, Alan

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“…25 When Goodman began work in comparative serology at the University of Wisconsin after World War II, he studied under one of 21 Nuttall, 1904, p. 2. 22 Boyden, 1953Boyden, , 1963 Boyden, 1953. Morgan, 1998 argues that the development of serology, particularly by Landsteiner, had an important impact on the development of molecular evolution.…”

Section: Systematic Serology and The Development Of Immunological Metmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…See Boyden, 1958 for a description of the serological museum. 25 For example, see the table comparing comparative serology and comparative anatomy in Boyden, 1953. Boyden's students: Harold Wolfe. Goodman recalled working within the general framework of Boyden's systematic serology, but by 1962 he disagreed with the older biologist in several important ways.…”

Section: Systematic Serology and The Development Of Immunological Metmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Waiting for Sequences: Morris Goodman, Immunodiffusion Experiments, and the Origins of Molecular Anthropology

Hagen

2009

J Hist Biol

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During the early 1960s, Morris Goodman used a variety of immunological tests to demonstrate the very close genetic relationships among humans, chimpanzees, and gorillas. Molecular anthropologists often point to this early research as a critical step in establishing their new specialty. Based on his molecular results, Goodman challenged the widely accepted taxonomic classification that separated humans from chimpanzees and gorillas in two separate families. His claim that chimpanzees and gorillas should join humans in family Hominidae sparked a well-known conflict with George Gaylord Simpson, Ernst Mayr, and other prominent evolutionary biologists. Less well known, but equally significant, were a series of disagreements between Goodman and other prominent molecular evolutionists concerning both methodological and theoretical issues. These included qualitative versus quantitative data, the role of natural selection, rates of evolution, and the reality of molecular clocks. These controversies continued throughout Goodman's career, even as he moved from immunological techniques to protein and DNA sequence analysis. This episode highlights the diversity of methods used by molecular evolutionists and the conflicting conclusions drawn from the data that these methods generated.

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Section: Systematic Serology and The Development Of Immunological Metmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Systematic Serology and The Development Of Immunological Metmentioning

confidence: 99%