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Adaptation and Evolution in Marine Environments, Volume 1 pp 3–18Cite as

The Origin of the SCAR Programme “Evolution and Biodiversity in the Antarctic”

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Evolutionary biology covers almost all aspects of biology: “Evolution is the major unifying principle of biology, and evidence of evolutionary processes pervades all levels of biological organisation from molecules to ecosystems” (Eastman 2000).

Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution

Theodosius Dobzhansky (1973)

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Acknowledgements

EBA is greater than the sum of its parts, and we firstly gratefully acknowledge the enthusiastic participation and contributions of the vast community of involved scientists. We specifically wish to gratefully acknowledge the late Edith Fanta, who (besides being active in CCAMLR, SCAR and IPY) gave outstanding, efficient and enthusiast contributions first to launching EVOLANTA and then EBA. EBA research also falls in the framework of the project CAREX (Coordination Action for Research Activities on Life in Extreme Environments), European Commission FP7 call ENV.2007.2.2.1.6. We are grateful to Prof. Andy Clarke for his helpful and constructive comments on the manuscript.

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di Prisco, G., Convey, P. (2012). The Origin of the SCAR Programme “Evolution and Biodiversity in the Antarctic”. In: di Prisco, G., Verde, C. (eds) Adaptation and Evolution in Marine Environments, Volume 1. From Pole to Pole. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27352-0_1

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