Emile Zuckerkandl (July 4, 1922 to November 9, 2013) was an Austrian-born French biologist considered one of the founders of the field of molecular evolution. He introduced, with Linus Pauling, the concept of the molecular clock, which enabled the neutral theory of molecular evolution.
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Emile Zuckerkandl (July 4, 1922 - November 9, 2013) was an Austrian-born French biologist considered one of the founders of the field of molecular evolution. He introduced, with Linus Pauling, the concept of the molecular clock, which enabled the neutral theory of molecular evolution.
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Born: July 4, 1922
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Born: July 4, 1922
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Died: November 9, 2013
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Died: November 9, 2013
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Émile Zuckerkandl (July 4, 1922, November 9, 2013) was an Austrian-born French biologist considered one of the founders of the field of molecular evolution.
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The notion of the existence of a so-called molecular clock was first attributed to Emile Zuckerkandl and Linus Pauling who, in 1962, noticed that the number of amino acid differences in hemoglobin between different lineages changes roughly linearly with time.
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