The Evolution of Vertebrate Blood Clotting

RUSSELL DOOLITTLE is an Emeritus Professor at the University of California, San Diego, USA, where he has spent most of his long career. He received his PhD in Biochemistry from Harvard University in 1962. His research interests have centred on the structure and evolution of proteins in general and, more particularly, on blood clotting proteins, an interest he developed while a graduate student at Harvard. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society.