Mark Borrello
Associate Professor
Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
University of Minnesota
United States of America
Biography
I am a historian of biology with a particular interest in evolutionary theory, genetics, behavior and the environment. My work explores the varied interpretations and applications of evolutionary theory from the late-19th century to the present. I completed my Ph.D. in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at Indiana University (2002). During a post-doctoral teaching fellowship at Michigan's Lyman Briggs School of Science, I taught courses in the history of genetics and evolution, and was co-leader of a study abroad course in Panama on Tropical Biodiversity and Conservation. My book Evolutionary Restraints explores the group selection controversy.
Research Interest
Evolutionary Theory, Genetics and Ecology, Biology of Behavior
Publications
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Borrello, M. E. (2010). Evolutionary restraints: the contentious history of group selection. University of Chicago Press.
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Borrello ME. (2005) The rise, fall and resurrection of group selection. Endeavour; 29 : 43-47.
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Borrello ME. (2004) Mutual aid and animal dispersion: an historical analysis of alternatives to Darwin. Perspectives in biology and medicine; 47 : 15-31.
