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Areas of Specialization: Ecology, Evolution
Jerry Coyne is professor emeritus at the University of Chicago for the Department of Ecology and Evolution. He earned a BS in biology from the William & Mary. He was drafted while attending graduate school at Rockefeller University, but returned to his studies upon his return, earning a PhD in biology from Harvard University. He went on to a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, Davis. He is an expert in speciation and ecological and evolutionary genetics.

He has been a vocal critic of religion, intelligent design, theistic evolution, and creationism, and has authored several books on the topic, including Faith vs. Fact: Why Science and Religion are Incompatible. As evidence for the truth of evolution, he cites the fossil record, embryology, molecular biology, the existence of vestigial organs (in humans as well as other creatures), biogeography, and DNA sequencing similarities. He also cites the existence of transitional fossils such as ambulocetus, which represents a transition between land mammals and whales, and the Tiktaalik, which represents a transition between fish and amphibians.

Although retired from teaching, Coyne does still write a popular blog on evolution, titled Why Evolution is True, that covers all topics evolution-related, including atheism, medical ethics, philosophy, and more.

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According to Wikipedia, Jerry Allen Coyne is an American biologist and skeptic known for his work on speciation and his commentary on intelligent design. A professor emeritus at the University of Chicago in the Department of Ecology and Evolution, he has published numerous papers on the theory of evolution. His concentration is speciation and ecological and evolutionary genetics, particularly as they involve the fruit fly, Drosophila.

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Evolution of genes and genomes on the Drosophila phylogeny (2007) (1992)
PATTERNS OF SPECIATION IN DROSOPHILA (1989) (1401)
The Relative Rates of Evolution of Sex Chromosomes and Autosomes (1987) (1008)
THE LOCUS OF EVOLUTION: EVO DEVO AND THE GENETICS OF ADAPTATION (2007) (956)
Theory and speciation. (2001) (936)
“PATTERNS OF SPECIATION IN DROSOPHILA” REVISITED (1997) (814)
Genetics and speciation (1992) (781)
The evolutionary genetics of speciation. (1998) (624)
MATHEMATICAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE GENEALOGICAL SPECIES CONCEPT (2002) (530)
Sympatric speciation (2007) (504)
PERSPECTIVE: A CRITIQUE OF SEWALL WRIGHT'S SHIFTING BALANCE THEORY OF EVOLUTION (1997) (457)
The Genetics of Adaptation: A Reassessment (1992) (415)
Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality (2011) (402)
The population genetics of the origin and divergence of the Drosophila simulans complex species. (2000) (371)
Heritability of two morphological characters within and among natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster. (1987) (337)
Genetics of a pheromonal difference contributing to reproductive isolation in Drosophila. (1994) (336)
DESATURASE‐2, ENVIRONMENTAL ADAPTATION, AND SEXUAL ISOLATION IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER (2006) (256)
BERGMANN'S RULE IN ECTOTHERMS: IS IT ADAPTIVE? (1997) (197)
The genetic basis of Haldane's rule (1985) (195)
The nucleotide changes governing cuticular hydrocarbon variation and their evolution in Drosophila melanogaster (2001) (193)
A Test of the Snowball Theory for the Rate of Evolution of Hybrid Incompatibilities (2010) (192)
Long-Distance Migration of Drosophila (1982) (192)
LITTLE EVIDENCE FOR SYMPATRIC SPECIATION IN ISLAND BIRDS (2000) (190)
IS WRIGHT'S SHIFTING BALANCE PROCESS IMPORTANT IN EVOLUTION? (2000) (183)
CAN ONE PREDICT THE EVOLUTION OF QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERS WITHOUT GENETICS? (1991) (179)
Sperm competition between Drosophila males involves both displacement and incapacitation (1999) (179)
Ecological Adaptation During Incipient Speciation Revealed by Precise Gene Replacement (2003) (173)
The sensitivity of gel electrophoresis as a detector of genetic variation. (1979) (154)
PARALLEL EVOLUTION OF LOCAL ADAPTATION AND REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION IN THE FACE OF GENE FLOW (2013) (153)
EVOLUTIONARY GENETICS OF TWO SIBLING SPECIES, DROSOPHILA SIMULANS AND D. SECHELLIA (1986) (140)
Genetic basis of male sterility in hybrids between two closely related species of Drosophila. (1984) (137)
CRYPTIC REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION IN THE DROSOPHILA SIMULANS SPECIES COMPLEX (2001) (130)
The genetics of postzygotic isolation in the Drosophila virilis group. (1989) (125)
Lack of genic similarity between two sibling species of drosophila as revealed by varied techniques. (1976) (125)
ERNST MAYR AND THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES (1994) (122)
The fertility effects of pericentric inversions in Drosophila melanogaster. (1993) (116)
Multilocus Analysis of Introgression Between Two Sympatric Sister Species of Drosophila: Drosophila yakuba and D. santomea (2005) (114)
A gene responsible for a cuticular hydrocarbon polymorphism in Drosophila melanogaster. (1999) (102)
The European identity (1989) (100)
GENETIC BASIS OF DIFFERENCES IN GENITAL MORPHOLOGY AMONG THREE SIBLING SPECIES OF DROSOPHILA (1983) (100)
Geographic Variation of Tolerance to Environmental Stress in Drosophila pseudoobscura (1983) (99)
Endless forms most beautiful (1990) (94)
Genetic studies of three sibling species of Drosophila with relationship to theories of speciation. (1985) (92)
Genetics of a pheromonal difference affecting sexual isolation between Drosophila mauritiana and D. sechellia. (1997) (91)
SEXUAL ISOLATION BETWEEN TWO SIBLING SPECIES WITH OVERLAPPING RANGES: DROSOPHILA SANTOMEA AND DROSOPHILA YAKUBA (2002) (90)
GENETICS OF A DIFFERENCE IN PIGMENTATION BETWEEN DROSOPHILA YAKUBA AND DROSOPHILA SANTOMEA (2002) (87)
IMPACT OF EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN ON DROSOPHILA SEXUAL ISOLATION STUDIES: DIRECT EFFECTS AND COMPARISON TO FIELD HYBRIDIZATION DATA (2005) (86)
Do We Need a New Species Concept (1988) (86)
Genetics of sexual isolation between two sibling species, Drosophila simulans and Drosophila mauritiana. (1989) (86)
Long-Distance Migration of Drosophila. 3. Dispersal of D. melanogaster Alleles from a Maryland Orchard (1987) (83)
Localization of pheromonal sexual dimorphism in Drosophila melanogaster and its effect on sexual isolation. (1995) (81)
The Genetic Basis of Species Differences in Plants (1985) (80)
THE GENETICS OF AN ISOLATING MECHANISM BETWEEN TWO SIBLING SPECIES OF DROSOPHILA (1993) (80)
Genetics of differences in pheromonal hydrocarbons between Drosophila melanogaster and D. simulans. (1996) (78)
Four decades of inversion polymorphism in Drosophila pseudoobscura. (1991) (73)
Genetics of morphological differences and hybrid sterility between Drosophila sechellia and its relatives. (1991) (72)
The Genetic Basis of Postzygotic Reproductive Isolation Between Drosophila santomea and D. yakuba Due to Hybrid Male Sterility (2006) (72)
Lack of underdominance in a naturally occurring pericentric inversion in Drosophila melanogaster and its implications for chromosome evolution. (1991) (72)
Temperature-Based Extrinsic Reproductive Isolation in Two Species of Drosophila (2009) (68)
Genetic analysis of X-linked sterility in hybrids between three sibling species of Drosophila (1989) (68)
INTRINSIC REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION BETWEEN TWO SISTER SPECIES OF DROSOPHILA (2009) (67)
Location of an X-linked factor causing sterility in male hybrids of Drosophila simulans and D. mauritiana (1986) (67)
Genetics of sexual isolation in females of the Drosophila simulans species complex. (1992) (67)
Electrophoretic Heterogeneity of α-Glycerophosphate Dehydrogenase among many Species of Drosophila (1979) (67)
Long-Distance Migration of Drosophila. 2. Presence in Desolate Sites and Dispersal Near a Desert Oasis (1987) (65)
Estimation of the Thermal Niche of Drosophila melanogaster Using a Temperature-Sensitive Mutation (1987) (65)
The developmental genetics of hybrid inviability: a mitotic defect in Drosophila hybrids. (1997) (65)
Genetic studies of two sister species in the Drosophila melanogaster subgroup, D. yakuba and D. santomea. (2004) (65)
Evolution of a lesser fitness trait: egg production in the specialist Drosophila sechellia. (1997) (64)
Faith Versus Fact: Why Science and Religion Are Incompatible (2015) (63)
Quantitative Trait Loci for Sexual Isolation Between Drosophila simulans and D. mauritiana (2004) (62)
AN ANOMALOUS HYBRID ZONE IN DROSOPHILA (2005) (61)
Relative paucity of genes causing inviability in hybrids between Drosophila melanogaster and D. simulans. (1998) (59)
Genetics of a difference in male cuticular hydrocarbons between two sibling species, Drosophila simulans and D. sechellia. (1996) (57)
MECHANISMS OF CONSPECIFIC SPERM PRECEDENCE IN DROSOPHILA (2000) (57)
HALDANE'S RULE REVISITED (1991) (52)
FURTHER EVIDENCE AGAINST MEIOTIC‐DRIVE MODELS OF HYBRID STERILITY (1993) (51)
Genic Heterogeneity at Two Alcohol Dehydrogenase Loci in DROSOPHILA PSEUDOOBSCURA and DROSOPHILA PERSIMILIS. (1977) (51)
Extent of genetic variation at a highly polymorphic esterase locus in Drosophila pseudoobscura. (1978) (50)
Quantitative Trait Loci Affecting the Difference in Pigmentation Between Drosophila yakuba and D. santomea (2005) (49)
DOES THE DESATURASE-2 LOCUS IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER CAUSE ADAPTATION AND SEXUAL ISOLATION? (2006) (49)
Disbelief in belief: On the cognitive status of supernatural beliefs (2016) (47)
Meiotic drive and unisexual hybrid sterility: a comment. (1993) (47)
SCIENCE, RELIGION, AND SOCIETY: THE PROBLEM OF EVOLUTION IN AMERICA (2012) (47)
The Genetic Basis of Prezygotic Reproductive Isolation Between Drosophila santomea and D. yakuba Due to Mating Preference (2006) (47)
Lack of response to selection for directional asymmetry in Drosophila melanogaster. (1987) (45)
Genetics of a difference in cuticular hydrocarbons between Drosophila pseudoobscura and D. persimilis. (1996) (45)
THE GENETIC BASIS OF SEXUAL DIMORPHISM IN BIRDS (2007) (45)
THE EVOLUTIONARY ORIGIN OF. HYBRID INVIABILITY (1974) (44)
Mutation rates in hybrids between sibling species of Drosophila (1989) (42)
Meiotic segregation and male recombination in interspecific hybrids of Drosophila. (1986) (42)
The evolution of conspecific sperm precedence in Drosophila (2003) (41)
Genetics of sexual isolation in male hybrids of Drosophila simulans and D. mauritiana. (1996) (33)
“Two Rules of Speciation” revisited (2018) (32)
Not black and white (1998) (32)
God in the details (1996) (31)
Correlation between Heterozygosity and Rate of Chromosome Evolution in Animals (1984) (29)
Resource choice in orchard populations of Drosophila (1984) (28)
Comment on "Gene Regulatory Networks and the Evolution of Animal Body Plans" (2006) (25)
Interspecific Brood Care in Fishes: Reciprocal Altruism or Mistaken Identity? (1978) (25)
What do we know about speciation? (1988) (25)
Speciation in a small space (2011) (22)
Rapid and Predictable Evolution of Admixed Populations Between Two Drosophila Species Pairs (2019) (22)
A test of the role of meiotic drive in fixing a pericentric inversion. (1989) (20)
An investigation of the dynamics of population growth and control in scyphistomae of the scyphozoanAurelia aurita (1973) (20)
Mechanisms of conspecific sperm precedence in Drosophila. (2000) (19)
Evolution of Protein Expression: New Genes for a New Diet (2007) (18)
Speciation in Action (1996) (16)
DESATURASE-2, ENVIRONMENTAL ADAPTATION, AND SEXUAL ISOLATION IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER (2006) (16)
The genetics of electrophoretic variation. (1979) (15)
Disruptive Selection on I-Maze Activity in DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER. (1972) (15)
Fruitflies (Communication arising): Pigmentation and mate choice in Drosophila (2002) (14)
Rules for Haldane's rule (1994) (14)
Speciation in monkeyflowers (1995) (13)
Hubby and Lewontin on Protein Variation in Natural Populations: When Molecular Genetics Came to the Rescue of Population Genetics (2016) (12)
Of vice and men: a case study in evolutionary psychology (2003) (12)
Little Effect of the tan Locus on Pigmentation in Female Hybrids between Drosophila santomea and D. melanogaster (2009) (11)
Rape as an adaptation (2000) (11)
TEMPORAL STABILITY OF THIRD‐CHROMOSOME INVERSION FREQUENCIES IN DROSOPHILA PERSIMILIS AND D. PSEUDOOBSCURA (1992) (11)
Creationism by stealth (2001) (10)
Darwin was right (2009) (10)
Mechanisms of Punctuated Evolution (1996) (9)
Much ado about species (1992) (9)
Fakers, fanatics, and false dilemmas: Reply to Van Leeuwen (2016) (9)
Rapid and Predictable Evolution of Admixed Populations Between Two Drosophila Species Pairs. (2020) (9)
Evolution under pressure (2002) (9)
Evolution's challenge to genetics (2009) (8)
Patterns of Speciation in Drosophila Author ( s ) : (2010) (7)
Theodosius Dobzhansky on Hybrid Sterility and Speciation (2015) (7)
Mate grasping in drosophila pegasa by (2002) (7)
Effects of the fourth chromosome on the sterility of hybrids between Drosophila simulans and its relatives. (1994) (7)
(Re)Reading The Origin (2009) (6)
Restoration of mutationally suppressed characters in Drosophila melanogaster. (1984) (6)
Speciation in the New Millennium: What's Left to Know? (2006) (6)
The self-centred meme (1999) (6)
When science meets religion in the classroom (2005) (6)
The courtship song of Drosophila santomea and a comparison to its sister species D. yakuba (Diptera: Drosophilidae) (2007) (6)
Species Evolution: by M. King Cambridge University Press, 1993. £40.00/$59.95 (hbk) (xxi + 336 pages) ISBN 0 521 35308 4 (1994) (5)
Ernst Mayr (1904-2005) (2005) (5)
Museums' role: increasing knowledge. (2013) (5)
Switching on evolution (2005) (5)
Examining evidence of reproductive isolation in sockeye salmon. (2001) (5)
The evolutionary calculus of depression (2010) (5)
DOES THE DESATURASE‐2 LOCUS IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER CAUSE ADAPTATION AND SEXUAL ISOLATION? (2006) (4)
(Re)Reading The Origin (2009) (4)
Pigmentation and mate choice in Drosophila. Authors' reply (2002) (3)
LITTLE EVIDENCE FOR SYMPATRIC SPECIATIONIN ISLAND BIRDS (2000) (2)
Which science book should the next US president read? (2008) (2)
Recognizing species (2019) (2)
Making genetic history (2008) (2)
Evolutionary biology. Rules for Haldane's rule. (1994) (2)
Atheism could be science's contribution to religion. (2008) (2)
The case of the missing carpaccio (2001) (2)
Ectopic kidney in a cat. (1980) (2)
Do males of Drosophila littoralis have free recombination? (2008) (2)
Toujours Gaia (1991) (1)
Selling Darwin (2006) (1)
Response to Comment on “A Test of the Snowball Theory for the Rate of Evolution of Hybrid Incompatibilities” (2011) (1)
Jerry Coyne. (2004) (1)
They shall have their rewards on earth, too (2002) (1)
Dobzhansky's Genetics of Natural Populations I-XLIII.Theodosius Dobzhansky , R. C. Lewontin , John A. Moore , William B. Provine , Bruce Wallace (1982) (1)
Evolution for the Tyro@@@Darwin to DNA, Molecules to Humanity. (1983) (0)
RECENT BOOKS IN PRINT (1996) (0)
A break from the bench (2009) (0)
Legends of Linnaeus (2005) (0)
The Pennsylvania Academic Standards require students to learn about Darwin's Theory of Evolution and eventually to take a standardized test of which evolution (2005) (0)
Sex ratio compensation in Drosophila melanogaster. (1971) (0)
SCIENCE AND RELIGION: Are they compatible? (Book) (2003) (0)
The Truth Is Way Out There (1999) (0)
RECENT BOOKS IN PRINT. (1997) (0)
Light Reading on Evolution (1985) (0)
Protean evolution (1989) (0)
The Genetics of Postzygotic Isolation in the Drosophila v i d i s Group (2002) (0)
Fruitflies (Communication arising) (2002) (0)
Science and Religion: Are They Compatible? Part 2 (Q&A Session) (2011) (0)
EVOLUTION FOR THE TYRO (1983) (0)
What produced the Habsburg lip (2004) (0)
The fair review. (1960) (0)
More Darwinian than Darwin (1999) (0)
Dobzhansky Revisited (1995) (0)
The evolutionist's tale (2004) (0)
Selling Science (2009) (0)
Gould and God (2003) (0)
Evolution. Ernst Mayr (1904-2005). (2005) (0)
A feather in the cap for bird breeders (2003) (0)
Stupid lion tricks (1998) (0)
IN MEMORIAM—Daniel Lachaise (2006) (0)
RECENT BOOKS IN PRINT (1996) (0)
PREDATION BY RACCOONS ON DIAMONDBACK TERRAPINS, MALA- CLEMYS (2007) (0)
Shifting Balance Theory of Evolution (2001) (0)
Reply to watterson and anderson. (1978) (0)
Strategies for promoting effective and inclusive biology education (2023) (0)
Science and Religion: Are They Compatible? Part 1 (2011) (0)
Don't mention miracles (2003) (0)
A couple of cross-pollinators (1988) (0)
Evolution: Fact Jerry A. Coyne Why Evolution Is True 2009 Oxford University Press Oxford ISBN 978-0199230846 (2009) (0)
A Good Review of Our Understanding of Speciation (2016) (0)

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