The Biogeography and Biodiversity of
Tetrahymena

 Tetrahymana
allensae
alphacandensis
alphapyriformis
alphatropicalis
americanis-americanis
americanis
asiatica
australis
betariformis
betatropicalis
borealis
canadensis
capricornis.
cosmopolitanis
deltatropicalis
elliotti
gammatropicalis
hegewischi
hyperangularis
leucophrys
mimbres
nanneyi
nippisingi
paraamericanis
patula
pigmentosa oriasi
pigmentosa
europigmentosa
pyriformis
rostrata
setosa
shanghaiensis
silvani
sonneborni
thermophila
tropicalis.
vorax

Tetrahymena Links

I. Nanney Autobiographic Essays
  1. Candide in Academe Meets Tracy Agonistes A coming of Age in Bloomington, 1946-1951
  2. Tilting Windmills - Educational Misadventures in the Big Ten

"The materials found on this web site are the imperfect first drafts in a series of essays, and are currently and constantly under revision. Your comments, corrections, and additions are heartily welcomed.....d-nanney@uiuc.edu"

II. Tetrahymena in the Real World
  1. Protists and the Origin of Species
  2. Tetrahymena Biogeography

"Lumping of similar morphotypes denies the significance of the cryptic species long known in ciliates. Lumping flies in the face of fragmentary but hardly negligible evidence for genetic differences among phenotypically similar protists in different habitats and in different regions of the world. This issue may be of considerable importance in our understanding of global biodiversity, since the significance of protist biodiversity is not restricted to the naming of the ciliated protozoa, but also concerns their roles in the natural economy".....David L. Nanney

III. Epigenetic Pontifications
  1. Epigenetic Entrepreneurs: Historical Perspectives and Tetrahymena Epigenetics
  2. Metaphor and Mechanism:"Epigenetic Control Systems" Reconsidered (San Francisco, 1989)
  3. Flashback: Epigenetic Control Systems (Gif-sur-Yvette, 1958)
IV. Historical Materials Related to the Maupas Medal.
  1. Frontier Connections - The Medal goes public in Pisa
  2. The Medal Holders

The Maupas Medal

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