Ohta, Tomoko

Scope and Contents The meeting Molecular Clocks of Evolution discussed how a considerable amount of data has been produced using differences in DNA between different species to measure the relatedness of species. Some of the data obtained using DNA as a molecular clock have required radical revision of previously accepted taxonomic relationships, and the purpose of this meeting was to examine whether the assumptions underlying the use of molecular clocks are justified. Data was presented with time scales...

Scope and Contents The Oral History Collection contains interviews conducted with 200 scientists within the fields of molecular biology, genetics, and the life sciences between 1990 and 2018. The interviewees provide first-hand accounts of their experiences in the fields of modern biology, such as neuroscience, cancer, genetics, plant genetics, genomics, biotechnology and others, from the 1940s through the 2000s. The collection contains audio and video recordings, as well as transcripts of interviews....

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Tomoko Ohta and Jersy Jurka interviewed in Venice Italy by Mila Pollock on August 5 2012.