Jane B. Reece (born April 15, 1944) is an American scientist and textbook author. Along with American biologist Neil Campbell, she wrote the widely used '' Campbell/Reece Biology'' textbooks. Following Campbell's death in 2004, she collaborated with American biologist Lisa Urry to update subsequent editions. The textbook is widely acclaimed and is used in 90 percent of

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classes and 60 percent of introductory college biology courses. The textbook has been used by over 14 million students and has been translated into over 20 languages.

Early life and education

Reece received an A.B. in Biology from

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, an M.S. in

microbiology Microbiology () is the branches of science, scientific study of microorganisms, those being of unicellular organism, unicellular (single-celled), multicellular organism, multicellular (consisting of complex cells), or non-cellular life, acellula ...

from

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, and a Ph.D. in

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from the

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. Her doctoral thesis was entitled ''The RecE pathway of genetic combination in Escherichia Coli'' (1981). Having completed her Ph.D., she stayed at UC Berkeley for a while as a postdoctoral researcher, before accepting tenure at

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as a researcher. Her research mainly focused on genetic recombination in bacteria.

Career

Reece has taught at various colleges, including Middlesex County College (

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) and

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(

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). She is the author or co-author of several textbooks at

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, at which place she has served as an editor since she joined in 1978. Notable among her works is ''The World of the Cell'', third edition, which she co-authored with W.M. Becker and M.F. Poesie. In 2017 she was awarded an honorary doctorate from Uppsala University, Sweden.

References

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