Edward O. Wiley

Wiley, Edward O.
Born	15 August 1944 Corpus Christi, TX
Residence	United States
Nationality	American
Fields	Zoology
Institutions	University of Kansas, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Research Associate, Division of Fishes, National Museum of Natural History
Alma mater	The City University of New York, New York, New York
Doctoral advisor	Masters advisor: Darrell Hall, Sam Houston State University (retired), Doctoral advisor: Donn E. Rosen, American Museum of Natural History (deceased)
Known for	Extensive theoretical work and landmark publications in phylogenetic systematics and ichthyology.
Notable awards	Gibbs Award

Professor Edward Orlando Wiley III is the curator emeritus of ichthyology at the University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute and professor of systematics and evolution for the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Kansas. His <Masters advisor was Darrell Hall, of Sam Houston State University (retired), and his doctoral advisor was Donn E. Rosen, of the American Museum of Natural History (deceased). Wiley has published extensively in topics related to phylogenetic systematics and was involved in the founding of the Willi Hennig Society. Wiley is known for building on and establishing conceptual advances in the evolutionary species concept, first formulated by George Gaylord Simpson. Wiley defines an evolutionary species as:

"A species is a lineage of ancestral descendant populations which maintains its identity from other such lineages and which has its own evolutionary tendencies and historical fate."

Publications

• Wiley, E. O. and G. D. Johnson. 2010. A teleost classification based on monophyletic groups. In: Nelson, J. S., H.-P. Schultze and M. V. h. Wilson (eds.): Origin and Phylogenetic Relationships of Teleosts. Verlag Dr. Pfiel, Munich: 123-182.
• Wiley, E. O. 2010. Why tree are important. Evol. Edu. Outreach 3(4): 499-505.
• Martin, J., D. Blackburn, and E. O. Wiley. Are node-based and stem-based clades equivalent? Insights from graph theory. PLoS Curr. 2010 November 18; 2: RRN1196. doi:10.1371/currents.RRN1196.
• Holcroft, N. I. and E. O. Wiley. 2008. Acanthuroid relationships revisited: a new nuclear gene-based analysis that incorporates tetraodontiform representatives. Ichthyol. Res. 55:274–283.
• Wiley, E. O. 2008. Homology. Identity and transformation. In: Arratia, G., H.-P. Schultze and M. V. h. Wilson (eds.): Mesozoic fishes 4: Homology and Phylogeny. Verlag Dr. Pfiel, Munich: 9–21.
• Miya, M., N. I. Holcroft, T.P. Satoh, M. Yamaguchi, M. Nishida & E.O. Wiley. 2007. Mitochondrial genome and a nuclear gene indicate a novel phylogenetic position of deep-sea tube-eye fish (Stylephoridae). Ichthyological Research 54:323–332.
• Wiley, E. O. 2007. Species concepts and their importance in fisheries management and research. Trans. Amer. Fisheries Soc. 136(4):1126–1135.
• Wiley, E. O. 2007. Hennig, (Emil Hans) Willi. New Dictionary of Scientific Biography (Koeretge, N., ed.). Charles Scribner's Sons., NY. (reviewed by Hennig's son, Wolfgang Hennig).
• Chen, P. E. O. Wiley, and K. M. McNyset. 2007. Ecological niche modeling as a predictive tool: silver and bighead carps in North America. Biological Invasions 9:43–51.
• Chen, P., E. O. Wiley, and K. M. McNyset. 2006. Ecological niche modeling as a predictive tool: Silver and bighead carps in North America. Biological Invasions (2006): 9pp. R. (Electronic) http://www.springerlink.com/content/95v7g25353538761/fulltext.pdf)
• Pramuk, J. B., M. J. Grose, A. L. Clarke, E. B. Greenbaum, E. Bonaccorso, J. M. Guayasamin, A. H. Smith, B. W. Benz, B. R. Harris, E. Siegfreid, Y. R. Reid, N. I. Holcroft, and E. O. Wiley. 2006. Phylogeny of finescale shiners of the genus Lythrurus (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) inferred from four mitochondrial genes. Mol. Phylo. Evol.
• Wiley, E. O., K. M. McNyset, A. T. Peterson, C. R. Robins, and A. M. Stewart. 2003. Niche modeling and geographic range predictions in the marine environment using a machine-learning algorithm. Oceanography 16(3):120–127.
• Wiley, E. O., and R. L. Mayden. 1985. Species and speciation in phylogenetic systematics, with examples from the North American fish fauna. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 72:596–635.
• Wiley, E. O. 1978a. The evolutionary species concept reconsidered. Syst. Zool. 27:17–26.
• Wiley, E. O. 1976. The systematics and biogeography of fossil and Recent gars (Acintopterygii: Lepisosteidae). Misc. Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas 64:1–111.

Books

• Wiley, E. O. 2011. Phylogenetics. The Theory and Practice of Phylogenetic Systematics. Second edition. Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, New Jersey. 406 pp.
• Wiley, E. O., D. Siegel-Causey, D. R. Brooks, and V. A. Funk. 1991. The Compleat Cladist, A Primer of Phylogenetic Systematics. Spec. Publ., Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas. 158pp. Translated into Japanese by Masaki Miya in 1991.