Barry Sinervo Explained

Barry R. Sinervo (1961–2021) was a behavioral ecologist and evolutionary biologist. He was a full professor at University of California Santa Cruz where his research interests included game theory,[1] climate change,[2] [3] [4] herpetology, and animal behavior.[5] One of his major discoveries was of a rock-paper-scissors game in side-blotched lizard mating behaviour.[6] [7] [8] He also discovered evidence of the Baldwin effect in the side-blotched lizard.[9] Sinervo was born in Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada, and educated at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, and the University of Washington, Seattle. He died from cancer at age 60 on March 15, 2021.[10]

Honors

A species of lizard was named after Sinervo, Phymaturus sinervoi Scolaro et al., 2012.[11]

References

  1. Book: Friedman. Daniel. Evolutionary Games in Natural, Social, and Virtual Worlds. Sinervo. Barry. 2016. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-998115-1. en.
  2. Sinervo. Barry. Méndez-de-la-Cruz. Fausto. Miles. Donald B.. Heulin. Benoit. Bastiaans. Elizabeth. Cruz. Maricela Villagrán-Santa. Lara-Resendiz. Rafael. Martínez-Méndez. Norberto. Calderón-Espinosa. Martha Lucía. Meza-Lázaro. Rubi Nelsi. Gadsden. Héctor. 2010-05-14. Erosion of Lizard Diversity by Climate Change and Altered Thermal Niches. Science. en. 328. 5980. 894–899. 10.1126/science.1184695. 0036-8075. 20466932. 2010Sci...328..894S . 10533/144943. 9578762. free.
  3. Web site: Hepler. Lauren. 2019-07-03. How Santa Cruz's Dr. Doom Beat Extinction Anxiety. 2021-03-17. Good Times Santa Cruz. en-US.
  4. News: Harvey. Chelsea. Warming Threatens Reptiles More Than Birds and Mammals. en. Scientific American. 2021-03-17.
  5. Web site: 2020-12-13. Department Directory. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20201213180152/https://www.eeb.ucsc.edu/about/dept-directory.php?uid=sinervo. 2020-12-13. 2021-03-17.
  6. Web site: Arnold. Carrie. Biodiversity May Thrive Through Games of Rock-Paper-Scissors. 2021-03-17. Quanta Magazine. en.
  7. Sinervo. B.. Lively. C. M.. 1996-03-21. The rock–paper–scissors game and the evolution of alternative male strategies. Nature. en. 380. 6571. 240–243. 10.1038/380240a0. 1996Natur.380..240S . 205026253. 1476-4687.
  8. News: Ryerson. James. 2007-12-09. Rock-Paper-Scissors Is Universal. en-US. The New York Times. 2021-03-17. 0362-4331.
  9. News: Knapton. Sarah. 2018-09-06. How evolution can be super speedy when life depends on it. en-GB. The Telegraph. 2021-03-17. 0307-1235.
  10. Web site: Stephens . Tim . Influential evolutionary biologist Barry Sinervo dies at age 60 . UC Santa Cruz News . en . March 22, 2021.
  11. Scolaro, José A., Fausto R. Méndez-De La Cruz & Nora R. Ibargüengoytia. 2012. A new species of Phymaturus of the patagonicus clade (Squamata, Liolaemidae) from isolated plateau of southwestern Rio Negro Province, Argentina. Zootaxa 3451: 17-30.

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