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Science 25 February 2005:
Vol. 307. no. 5713, pp. 1212 - 1213
DOI: 10.1126/science.1110718
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Perspectives

EVOLUTION:
Ernst Mayr (1904-2005)

Jerry A. Coyne

Ernst Mayr, the revered evolutionary biologist, died on February 3rd at the venerable age of 100. In a Retrospective, Coyne reminisces about Mayr's seminal contributions to the field of evolutionary biology and the great legacy that he leaves future generations.

The author is in the Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Chicago IL 60637, USA. E-mail: j-coyne{at}uchicago.edu

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