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Japanese entomologist Not to be confused with Ryuchi Matsuda.
Ryuichi Matsuda
BornJuly 8, 1920
DiedJune 19, 1986
OccupationEntomologist

Ryuichi Matsuda (July 8, 1920 – June 19, 1986) was a Japanese entomologist and notable advocate of the extended evolutionary synthesis.

Biography

Matsuda obtained his PhD in entomology from Stanford University. He worked at the Biosystematics Research Institute of Canada (1968–1986). He wrote several works on the comparative morphology of insects and is most well known for his controversial book Animal Evolution in Changing Environments (1987).

He coined the term "pan-environmentalism" for an extended evolutionary synthesis which he saw as a fusion of Darwinism with neo-Lamarckism. He held that heterochrony is a main mechanism for evolutionary change and that novelty in evolution can be generated by genetic assimilation. His views were criticized by reviewers for being based on speculation. Arthur M. Shapiro noted that "Matsuda himself accepts too much at face value and is prone to wish-fulfilling interpretation." In contrast, John T. Polhemus positively reviewed the book, suggesting that it "should be on the shelf of anyone seriously interested in evolution theory".

Interest in Matsuda's research was revived by Brian K. Hall, Gerd B. Müller and others in the volume Environment, Development, and Evolution: Toward a Synthesis (2004) which was a tribute to his ideas.

Selected publications

  • Morphology and Evolution of the Insect Head (1965)
  • Morphology and Evolution of the Insect Thorax (1970)
  • Morphology and Evolution of the Insect Abdomen, with Special Reference to Developmental Patterns and their Bearings on Systematics (1976)
  • Animal Evolution in Changing Environments: With Special Reference to Abnormal Metamorphosis (1987)

References

  1. Ando, H. (1988). Obituary: Ryuichi Matsuda, 1920-1986. International Journal of Insect Morphology and Embryology 7: 91-94.
  2. ^ Pearson, Roy Douglas (1988). "Animal Evolution in Changing Environments". Acta Biotheoretica. 37: 31–36. doi:10.1007/BF00050806.
  3. ^ Scheiner, Samuel M. (2004). "The Metamorphosis of Evo-Devo". BioScience. 54 (12): 1150–1151. doi:10.1641/0006-3568(2004)054[1150:TMOE]2.0.CO;2.
  4. Grimaldi, David; Engel, Michael S. (2005). Evolution of the Insects. Cambridge University Press. p. 143. ISBN 0-521-82149-5
  5. McCune, Amy R. (1988). Animal Evolution In Changing Environments by Ryuichi Matsuda. Science. New Series, Vol. 239, No. 4837. pp. 300-301.
  6. Shaffer, H. Bradley; Grosberg, Richard K. (1989). Animal Evolution in Changing Environments with Special Reference to Abnormal Metamorphosis by Ryuichi Matsuda. Copeia. Vol. 1989, No. 4. pp. 1121-1122.
  7. ^ Shapiro, Arthur M. (1988). "Animal Evolution in Changing Environments" (PDF). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 42 (2): 146–147. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-11-05.
  8. Sang, James H. (1988). "Reviewed Work: Animal Evolution in Changing Environments with Special Reference to Abnormal Metamorphosis by Ryuichi Matsuda". The Quarterly Review of Biology. 63 (1): 83–84. doi:10.1086/415756. JSTOR 2828018.
  9. Polhemus, John H. (1987). "Animal Evolution in Changing Environments with Special Reference to Abnormal Metamorphosis". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 83 (3): 654. doi:10.1093/aesa/83.3.654.

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