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Sudden origins: A general mechanism of evolution based on stress protein concentration and rapid environmental change

  1. Bruno Maresca†,‡,§,*,
  2. Jeffrey H. Schwartz¶,‡

Article first published online: 25 JAN 2006

DOI: 10.1002/ar.b.20089

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The Anatomical Record Part B: The New Anatomist

The Anatomical Record Part B: The New Anatomist

Volume 289B, Issue 1, pages 38–46, January 2006

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Maresca, B. and Schwartz, J. H. (2006), Sudden origins: A general mechanism of evolution based on stress protein concentration and rapid environmental change. Anat. Rec., 289B: 38–46. doi: 10.1002/ar.b.20089

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  1. †

    Dr. Maresca is a professor of biochemistry at the University of Salerno. He has worked out the role of membrane lipids and physical state in regulating heat shock gene expression with Laszlo Vigh and investigates the evolutionary mechanisms of temperature adaptation in Antarctic organisms

  2. ‡

    Both authors contributed equally to the article.

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  4. Dr. Schwartz is a professor of physical anthropology and history and philosophy of science at the University of Pittsburgh and research associate at the American Museum of Natural History. He recently published the first study of virtually the entire human fossil record (The Human Fossil Record series with I. Tattersall) and a revised edition of The Red Ape, which explores the assumptions underlying morphological and molecular approaches to phylogenetic reconstruction.

*Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Salerno, 84084 Fisciano, Salerno, Italy

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  1. Issue published online: 25 JAN 2006
  2. Article first published online: 25 JAN 2006

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  • MIUR, Italy, “Stress Proteins Network,”
  • University of Salerno
  • University of Pittsburgh

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