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Jaroslav Flegr
Jaroslav Flegr (born March 12, 1958) is a parasitologist, evolutionary biologist, and author of the book "Frozen Evolution". He is professor of biology at Charles University in Prague, and is a member of the editorial board of the journal "Neuroendocrinology Letters".
His work on how toxoplasmosis—an infection caused by the protozoan parasite "T. gondii"—influences personality, sex ratios, and rates of traffic accidents, has received coverage in "The Atlantic", "Salon", and "The
Eldredge and Stephen Jay Gould's theory of punctuated equilibria, which describes the history of most fossil species as being relatively stable for millions of years, later punctuated by swift periods of evolutionary change during speciation.
Bibliography.
- (Czech version only in print)
- (Czech version only in print)
- "Folia Parasitologica" 46 (May): 22-28.
External links.
- Prof. RNDr. Jaroslav Flegr, CSc.
- "Frozen Revolution" – Official book website