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Sibley, Charles Gald was born on August 7, 1917 in Fresno, California, United States. Son of Charles Corydon and Ida (Gald) Sibley.
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In this book, ornithologists Charles G. Sibley and Burt L. Monroe Jr, present descriptions of the geographic distributions, and comments about the species-level taxonomy, of the living birds of the world. The accounts of the 9672 species are arranged according to the classification developed by Sibley, Monroe, and Ahlquist. The authors provide new information on the distribution of each species; an appendix includes 24 maps and a gazetteer of the place names mentioned in the text. This volume also provides a cross-referenced index of scientific and English bird names of species.
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(This book presents the results of a study of the evolutio...)
This book presents the results of a study of the evolutionary history and classification of living birds based on comparisons of the DNAs (genetic material) of about 1700 species. Sibley and Ahlquist's "DNA-DNA hybridization" technqiue is a biochemical method that measures the degree of genetic similarity between the DNAs of different species of other groups of organisms, but this book includes the largest set of DNA comparisons for any group. Divided into two sections, the book first covers the methodology used and then presents the phylogeny and classification of birds based on this method. The latter section provides a chronological survey of the classification of birds since Linnaeus (1758) and details for each group of birds since that time. The history of the classification of each order and family is reviewed, morphological chracters are noted, and evidence of the phylogeny and genetic relationships of each group is given. With 385 figures of DNA melting curves and phylogenetic trees, plus a bibliography, this book should be a valuable resource for ornithologists and other biologists.
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Sibley, Charles Gald was born on August 7, 1917 in Fresno, California, United States. Son of Charles Corydon and Ida (Gald) Sibley.
Bachelor of Arts, University of California— Berkeley, 1940; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California— Berkeley, 1948; Master of Arts (honorary), Yale University, 1965.
Biologist,, United States Public Health Service, 1941-1942;
instructor zoology, U. Kansas, 1948-1949;
assistant professor, San Jose (California) State College, 1949-1953;
associate professor ornithology, Cornell Univercity, 1953-1959;
professor zoology, Cornell Univercity, 1959-1965;
professor biology, Yale University, 1965-1986;
professor emeritus, Yale University, since 1986;
William Robertson Coe professor ornithology, Yale University, 1967-1986;
emeritus, Yale University, since 1986;
director division vertebrate zoology, curator birds, Peabody Museum, 1965-1986;
director music, Peabody Museum, 1970-1976;
Dean's professor science, professor biology, San Francisco State University, 1986-1992. Consultant systematic biology, 1963-1965. Member of advisory committee biological medicine National Science Foundation,1968—.
Executive Committee biological agriculture National Research Council, 1966-1970.
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("Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World" was pub...)
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Served to lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1945. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member National Academy of Sciences (Daniel Giraud Elliot medal 1988), Society Study Evolution, American Society Naturalists, Society Systematic Biology, American Ornithologists' Union (president 1986-1988, Brewster Memorial medal 1971), Royal Australian Ornithological Union, Deutsche Ornithological Gesellschaft, International Ornithological Congress (secretary-general 1962, president 20th congress 1986-1990).
Married Frances Louise Kelly, February 7, 1942. Children: Barbara Susanne, Dorothy Ellen, Carol Nadine.