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  1. Department of Biological Sciences, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, USA

    John O. Reiss

  2. Department of Biology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, USA

    Ann C. Burke

  3. Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK

    Charles Archer

  4. Cavanilles Institute for Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

    Miquel De Renzi

  5. Comparative Genomics Unit Bioinformatics Department, Centro de Investigacian Principe Felipe, Valencia, Spain

    Hernán Dopazo

  6. Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, UPV-EHU, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain

    Arantza Etxeberría

  7. Medical Research Council, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK

    Emily A. Gale

  8. Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire, UK

    J. Richard Hinchliffe

  9. Facultad de Filosofia, UCM Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    Laura Nuño de la Rosa Garcia

  10. Department of Biology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, USA

    Chris S. Rose

  11. Theoretical Biology Research Group Cavanilles Institute for Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

    Diego Rasskin-Gutman

  12. Department of Theoretical Biology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Gerd B. Müller

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Reiss, J.O., Burke, A.C., Archer, C. et al. Pere Alberch: Originator of EvoDevo. Biol Theory 3, 351–356 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1162/biot.2008.3.4.351

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