Francisco J. Ayala

Research interests

Publications

• Science, evolution, and creationism

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2008 · https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0711608105

• Evolutionary and geographical history of the Leishmania donovani complex with a revision of current taxonomy

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0703678104

• Origins and Evolution of Spliceosomal Introns

  Annual Review of Genetics · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.genet.40.110405.090625

• Chromosome speciation: Humans, Drosophila , and mosquitoes

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2005 · https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0501847102

• Dating the Tree of Life

  Science · 2003 · https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1077795

• Pseudogenes: Are They “Junk” or Functional DNA?

  Annual Review of Genetics · 2003 · https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.genet.37.040103.103949

• Nucleotide sequences provide evidence of genetic exchange among distantly related lineages of Trypanosoma cruzi

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2001 · https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.121187198

• Origin of the metazoan phyla: Molecular clocks confirm paleontological estimates

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1998 · https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.95.2.606

• Origin of the metazoan phyla: Molecular clocks confirm paleontological estimates

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1998 · https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.95.2.606

• Evolutionary origin of human and primate malarias: evidence from the circumsporozoite protein gene.

  Molecular Biology and Evolution · 1995 · https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a040241

• Phylogeny of the malarial genus Plasmodium, derived from rRNA gene sequences.

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1994 · https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.91.24.11373

• Are eukaryotic microorganisms clonal or sexual? A population genetics vantage.

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1991 · https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.88.12.5129

• A clonal theory of parasitic protozoa: the population structures of Entamoeba, Giardia, Leishmania, Naegleria, Plasmodium, Trichomonas, and Trypanosoma and their medical and taxonomical consequences.

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1990 · https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.87.7.2414

• ISOZYME VARIABILITY INTRYPANOSOMA CRUZI, THE AGENT OF CHAGAS' DISEASE: GENETICAL, TAXONOMICAL, AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE

  Evolution · 1988 · https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.1988.tb04132.x

• Isozyme Variability in Trypanosoma cruzi, The Agent of Chagas' Disease: Genetical, Taxonomical, and Epidemiological Significance

  Evolution · 1988 · https://doi.org/10.2307/2409232

• Natural populations of Trypanosoma cruzi, the agent of Chagas disease, have a complex multiclonal structure.

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1986 · https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.83.1.115

• Is a New Evolutionary Synthesis Necessary?

  Science · 1981 · https://doi.org/10.1126/science.213.4511.967

• GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION DURING THE SPECIATION PROCESS IN DROSOPHILA

  Evolution · 1974 · https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.1974.tb00791.x

• Studies in the Philosophy of Biology

  Journal · 1974 · https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-01892-5

• Frequency-Dependent Selection

  Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics · 1974 · https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.es.05.110174.000555

• GENETIC VARIATION IN NATURAL POPULATIONS OF FIVE DROSOPHILA SPECIES AND THE HYPOTHESIS OF THE SELECTIVE NEUTRALITY OF PROTEIN POLYMORPHISMS

  Genetics · 1974 · https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/77.2.343

• Global Models of Growth and Competition

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1973 · https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.70.12.3590

• Allozymes as Diagnostic Characters of Sibling Species of Drosophila

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1972 · https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.69.5.1094

• ENZYME VARIABILITY IN THE DROSOPHILA WILLISTONI GROUP. IV. GENIC VARIATION IN NATURAL POPULATIONS OF DROSOPHILA WILLISTONI

  Genetics · 1972 · https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/70.1.113

• Teleological Explanations in Evolutionary Biology

  Philosophy of Science · 1970 · https://doi.org/10.1086/288276

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