Evolution as a collective phenomenon far from equilibrium nigel goldenfeld1 and carl woese1,2 1department of physics, center for the physics of living cells, and institute for genomic biology, university of illinois at urbanachampaign. Papers of carl woese 19282012, professor of microbiology 19642012, include correspondence 19622007, laboratory notes 196583, reprints 19542010, reprint requests 196675, 198990, dissertations by woese students 196788 and award certificates, computer printouts, reports, drafts, notes, photographs, slides and transparencies 19112012 concerning microbiology. Carl woese papers, 191120 university of illinois archives. Interpreting the universal phylogenetic tree researchgate. Phylogenetic origin of the chloroplast and prokaryotic nature of its ribosomal rna. E noto principalmente per aver definito, nel 1977, lesistenza del dominio degli archea, organismi procariotici in precedenza considerati parte dei batteri. Can we combine different phylogenetic estimates across the tree of life. Carl friedrich wilhelm ludwig witzenhausen, 1816leipzig, 1895 medico aleman. He also originated the rna world hypothesis in 1967, although not by that name. Carl r woese was born circa 1929, at birth place, new york, to carl f woese and gertrude m woese. Carl woese 1928 2012 carl woese in biographical summaries of notable people. Woese was best known for his identification of the third domain of life, the archaea woese and fox, 1977. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext.
He was also the originator of the rna world hypothesis, which proposes that selfreplicating ribonucleic acid rna molecules were precursors to current life, in 1977. We were saddened to learn of the passing of carl woese, worldrenowned microbiologist and professor at the university of illinois. He died at the age of 84, following a battle with pancreatic cancer. Evolution as a collective phenomenon far from equilibrium nigel goldenfeld1 and carl woese1,2 1department of physics, center for the physics of living cells, and. Jan 04, 20 it was carl woese who first introduced phylogenetic taxonomy of 16s ribosomal rna fox et al. Carl richard woese was an american microbiologist and biophysicist. Il regno degli archea e lalbero della vita di woese. July 15, 1928 december 30, 2012 was an american microbiologist and biophysicist. Proceedings of the national academy of sciences of the united states of america 8712. Carl woese historical records and family trees myheritage. Woese atendio en deerfield academy en massachusetts. On the prokaryotic nature of red algal chloroplasts. He was also the first to propose, in his 1967 book the genetic code, rna as the original genetic material, owing to its informationstorage and catalytic properties although the term rna world was first coined in 1986 by nobel.