Ford Doolittle

Dr. W. Ford Doolittle (born 1942 in Urbana, Illinois ) is a Biochemist .

As Of 2005 , he is a Professor at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia . He received his BA in Biochemical Sciences from Harvard University in 1963 and his PhD from Stanford University in 1967 .

Since joining the Biochemistry department at Dalhousie in 1971, Dr. Doolittle has made significant contributions to the study of Cyanobacteria , found evidence for the Endosymbiont hypothesis of Chloroplasts ' origins, developed a theoretical basis for the initial evolution of Eukaryotes and shown the importance of Lateral Transfer in Prokaryotic evolution.

In 1981 , Dr. Doolittle received some level of notoriety for his article in ''The CoEvolution Quarterly'' entitled "Is Nature Really Motherly?". A sharp rebuttal of J. E. Lovelock 's formulation of the Gaia Theory , Doolittle's article is often cited by Lovelock's critics.

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