Category:Richard Lenski (biologist)
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English: Richard Eimer Lenski (born August 13, 1956) is an American evolutionary biologist, a MacArthur "genius" fellow, a Hannah Distinguished Professor of Microbial Ecology at Michigan State University, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Lenski is best known for his still ongoing long-term E. coli evolution experiment started in 1988, which has been instrumental in understanding the core processes of evolution, including mutation rates, clonal interference, antibiotic resistance, the evolution of novel traits, and speciation.
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Richard Lenski with Long-Term Flasks and Incubator on May 26, 2016.jpg 3,191 × 2,569; 1.7 MB
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- Lenski (surname)
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- 1956 births
- Guggenheim Fellows
- MacArthur Fellows
- Members of the European Molecular Biology Organization
- Male biologists from the United States
- Evolutionary biologists
- Faculty of the Michigan State University
- Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
- Alumni of Oberlin College
- Alumni of the University of North Carolina