Dr. W. Ford Doolittle (born 1942 in Urbana, Illinois) is a biochemist. Urbana (ɝˈbænə is the County seat of Champaign County, Illinois, United States. Typical biochemists study chemical processes and chemical transformations in living organisms

As of 2005, he is a professor at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The meaning of the word professor ( Latin: professor, person who professes to be an expert in some art or science teacher of highest rank) varies Dalhousie University is a University located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The City of Halifax (est 1841 is the capital of the province of Nova Scotia and shire town of Halifax County He received his BA in Biochemical Sciences from Harvard University in 1963 and his PhD from Stanford University in 1967. Biochemistry is the study of the chemical processes in living Organisms It deals with the Structure and function of cellular components such as "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University or simply Stanford, is a private Research university located in

Since joining the biochemistry department at Dalhousie in 1971, Dr. Biochemistry is the study of the chemical processes in living Organisms It deals with the Structure and function of cellular components such as Doolittle has made significant contributions to the study of cyanobacteria, found evidence for the endosymbiont hypothesis of chloroplasts' origins, developed a theoretical basis for the initial evolution of eukaryotes and shown the importance of horizontal gene transfer in prokaryotic evolution. Cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, blue-green bacteria or Cyanophyta, is a phylum of Bacteria that obtain their energy An endosymbiont is any Organism that lives within the body or cells of another organism i Chloroplasts are Organelles found in Plant cells and eukaryotic Algae that conduct Photosynthesis. Animals Plants fungi, and Protists are eukaryotes (juːˈkærɪɒt or -oʊt Organisms whose cells are organized into complex The prokaryotes (proʊˈkærioʊts singular prokaryote /proʊˈkæriət/ are a group of Organisms that lack a Cell nucleus (= karyon or any other

In 1981, Dr. Doolittle received some level of notoriety for his article in The CoEvolution Quarterly entitled "Is Nature Really Motherly?". A sharp rebuttal of J. E. Lovelock's formulation of the Gaia Theory, Doolittle's article is often cited by Lovelock's critics. Dr James Ephraim Lovelock, CH, CBE, FRS (born 26 July 1919) is an independent scientist author researcher environmentalist and The Gaia hypothesis is an ecological Hypothesis proposing that the Biosphere and the physical components of the Earth ( Atmosphere

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