Bruce David Riska
Bruce D. Riska | |
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| Born | October 7, 1950 |
| Died | September 4, 1998 (aged 47) |
| Education | State University of New York at Stony Brook (PhD 1985),
University of Rochester (1980-1981; postdoc), University of Wisconsin, Madison (1982-1987; postdoc), University of Califormia Davis (1987-1990; postdoc) |
Bruce Riska was an American evolutionary quantitative geneticist. He was born in San Diego and finished his undergraduate degree in Biology at Occidental College in Los Angeles in 1972. He gained his PhD in Ecology and Evolution in 1980 at State University of New York at Stony Brook, with the work on Geographic variation of morphometric correlation in Pemphigus populicaulis Fitch, advised by Robert R. Sokal. In the postdoctoral research, he worked with R. K. Selander at University of Rochester (1980-1981), William (Bill) R. Atchley and J.J. Rutledge at the University of Wisconsin, Madison (1982-1987), and with Michael Turelli, at University of California, Davis.
Riska was injured in a traffic accident riding a bicycle in Davis in August 1990, from which he never recovered to return to his work.
Scientific contributions
[edit]Riska authored a number of contributions on topics in Evolutionary biology, co-creating the field of study at the intersection of evolution and development. The work combines statistical methods of quantitative genetics and mechanistic developmental insight. His early work focused on morphometric variation across geographic range (in a poplar gall aphid during his graduate work[1][2][3][4], and horshoe crab[5]), after which he turned his attention to the ways that animal trait form, and variation and covariation of traits arise in ontogeny[6][7][8]. He developed theoretical work exploring the role of growth in generating the patterns of trait variation and covariation[9][10][11] and their influence on evolutionary change.[12] The approaches Riska developed for the study of evolutionary roles of growth, allometry[13], as well as maternal effects[14][15] influenced the development of these fields of study.[16][17]
References
[edit]- ↑ Bird, Jacqueline; Faith, Daniel P.; Rhomberg, Lorenz; Riska, Bruce; Sokal, Robert R. (1979-11-15). "The Morphs of Pemphigus populitransversus: Allocation Methods, Morphometrics, and Distribution Patterns,". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 72 (6): 767–774. doi:10.1093/aesa/72.6.767. ISSN 0013-8746.
- ↑ SOKAL, ROBERT R.; RISKA, BRUCE (1981-05-01). "Geographic variation in Pemphigus populitransversus (Insecta: Aphididae)". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 15 (3): 201–233. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1981.tb00760.x. ISSN 0024-4066.
- ↑ Bird, Jacqueline; Riska, Bruce; Sokal, Robert R. (1981-03-01). "Geographic Variation in Variability of Pemphigus Populicaulis". Systematic Biology. 30 (1): 58–70. doi:10.1093/sysbio/30.1.58. ISSN 1063-5157.
- ↑ SOKAL, ROBERT R.; BIRD, JACQUELINE; RISKA, BRUCE (1980-09-01). "Geographic variation in Pemphigus populicaulis (Insecta: Aphididae) in Eastern North America". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 14 (2): 163–200. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1980.tb00104.x. ISSN 0024-4066.
- ↑ Riska, Bruce (1981). "Morphological Variation in the Horsehoe Crab Limulus polyphemus". Evolution. 35 (4): 647–658. doi:10.2307/2408237. ISSN 0014-3820.
- ↑ Riska, Bruce (1986-11-01). "SOME MODELS FOR DEVELOPMENT, GROWTH, AND MORPHOMETRIC CORRELATION". Evolution. 40 (6): 1303–1311. doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.1986.tb05753.x. ISSN 0014-3820.
- ↑ Atchley, William R.; Riska, Bruce; Kohn, Luci A. P.; Plummer, A. Alison; Rutledge, J. J. (1984). "A Quantitative Genetic Analysis of Brain and Body Size Associations, Their Origin and Ontogeny: Data From Mice". Evolution. 38 (6): 1165–1179. doi:10.2307/2408625. ISSN 0014-3820.
- ↑ Atchley, William R; Plummer, A Alison; Riska, Bruce (1985-11-01). "GENETICS OF MANDIBLE FORM IN THE MOUSE". Genetics. 111 (3): 555–577. doi:10.1093/genetics/111.3.555. ISSN 1943-2631. PMC 1202658. PMID 4054609.
- ↑ Riska, Bruce; Atchley, William R; Rutledge, J J (1984-05-01). "A GENETIC ANALYSIS OF TARGETED GROWTH IN MICE". Genetics. 107 (1): 79–101. doi:10.1093/genetics/107.1.79. ISSN 1943-2631. PMC 1202316. PMID 6724298.
- ↑ Riska, Bruce; Atchley, William R. (1985-08-16). "Genetics of Growth Predict Patterns of Brain-Size Evolution". Science. 229 (4714): 668–671. doi:10.1126/science.229.4714.668. ISSN 0036-8075.
- ↑ Atchley, William R; Plummer, A Alison; Riska, Bruce (1985-11-01). "GENETIC ANALYSIS OF SIZE-SCALING PATTERNS IN THE MOUSE MANDIBLE". Genetics. 111 (3): 579–595. doi:10.1093/genetics/111.3.579. ISSN 1943-2631. PMC 1202659. PMID 4054610.
- ↑ Riska, Bruce (1989-09-01). "COMPOSITE TRAITS, SELECTION RESPONSE, AND EVOLUTION". Evolution. 43 (6): 1172–1191. doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.1989.tb02567.x. ISSN 0014-3820.
- ↑ Riska, Bruce. "Regression Models in Evolutionary Allometry". The American Naturalist. 138 (2): 283–299. doi:10.1086/285218.
- ↑ Riska, Bruce; Rutledge, J. J.; Atchley, William R. "Covariance between direct and maternal genetic effects in mice, with a model of persistent environmental influences". Genetical Research. 45 (3): 287–297. doi:10.1017/S0016672300022278. ISSN 0016-6723.
- ↑ Riska, Bruce; Rutledge, Jack J.; Achley, William R. "Genetic analysis of crossfostering data with sire and dam records". Journal of Heredity. 76 (4): 247–250. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a110086. ISSN 1465-7333.
- ↑ Mousseau, Timothy A; Uller, Tobias; Wapstra, Erik; Badyaev, Alexander V (2009-04-27). "Evolution of maternal effects: past and present". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 364 (1520): 1035–1038. doi:10.1098/rstb.2008.0303. ISSN 0962-8436. PMC 2666690. PMID 19324608.
- ↑ Pennisi, Elizabeth (1996-09-06). "A New Look at Maternal Guidance: Parents pass more than genes on to their offspring, and these nongenetic contributions can have profound ecological and evolutionary implications". Science. 273 (5280): 1334–1336. doi:10.1126/science.273.5280.1334. ISSN 0036-8075.