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Morris Goodman Carleton Olegario M Ximo

Publisher Marketing: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Morris Goodman (1925 - 14 November 2010) was an American scientist known for his work in molecular evolution and molecular systematics. Goodman was a Distinguished Professor at the Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics at Wayne State University School of Medicine, editor-in-chief of the journal Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, and a member of the anthropology section of the United States National Academy of Sciences. Goodman, grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and spent many years in Detroit Michigan as the only Wayne State University faculty member appointed to the National Academy of Science until his death on November 14, 2010. After high school, he attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison for one year, then in 1943 entered the Army Air Forces, where he served as a navigator for the remainder of World War II. He was married in 1946, shortly after returning to college. He became interested in science after a comparative anatomy course; the professor, Harold Wolfe, recruited him as a teaching assistant. Goodman graduated with a degree in zoology and a minor in biochemistry.