1.0Faculty of Science Profiles/science/profileskseo/science/profiles/author/kseo/Jan Sapp - Faculty of Science Profilesrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="LsshyC0HPs"><a href="/science/profiles/faculty/jan-sapp/">Jan Sapp</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/science/profiles/faculty/jan-sapp/embed/#?secret=LsshyC0HPs" width="600" height="338" title="“Jan Sapp” — Faculty of Science Profiles" data-secret="LsshyC0HPs" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=/science/profiles/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> My research is on the history of genetics, evolutionary biology, molecular phylogenetics, biodiversity and ecology. My work on the history of microbial evolution focuses especially on research and theory beyond the classical neo-Darwinian framework, emphasizing the fundamental importance of symbiosis and horizontal gene transfer.