David B. Wake

David B. Wake (born June 8, 1936, Webster, South Dakota) is professor of integrative biology and former curator of herpetology of Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of California, Berkeley. Wake is an internationally respected expert on species formation and has written widely on the subject. He is a member of American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Linnean Society of London, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and in 1998 was elected into the National Academy of Sciences.

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Alberch, P., S. J. Gould, G. F. Oster, and D. B. Wake. 1979. "Size and shape in ontogeny and phylogeny" Paleobiology 5: 296-317.
Wake, D. B. 1970. "The abundance and diversity of tropical salamanders" Amer. Nat. 104: 211-213.
Wake, D. B. 1976. "Pattern in evolution" Science 192: 779.
Wake, D. B. 1978. "Shape, form, development, ecology, genetics, and evolution" Paleobiology 4: 96-99.
Wake, D. B. 1978. "Phylogenetic reconstruction" Science 199: 1428-1429.
Wake, D. B. 1980. "A view of evolution" Science 210:1239-1240.
Wake, D. B. 1981. "How biology was unified" Evolution 35:1256-1257.
Wake, D. B. 1982. "Toward a comparative biology" Evolution 36:631-633.
Wake, D. B. 1984. "Evolution in slow motion" Science 226: 826.
Wake, D. B., and A. Larson. 1987. "Multidimensional analysis of an evolving lineage" Science 238: 42-48.
Wake, D. B. 1991. "Declining amphibian populations" Science 253:860.
Wake, D. B. 1991. "Homoplasy: the result of natural selection, or evidence of design limitations?" Amer. Nat. 138: 543-567.
Wake, D. B. 2001. "Speciation in the round" Nature 409: 299-300.
Wake, D. B. 2002. "A few words about evolution" Nature 416: 787-788.
Wake, D. B. 2002. "On the scientific legacy of Stephen Jay Gould" Evolution 56: 2346.