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Nature 440, 974-975 (20 April 2006) | doi:10.1038/440974a; Published online 19 April 2006

Societies spurn women editors

Rex Dalton

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Resignation spotlights sex discrimination.

A rare resignation has focused attention on scientific societies' treatment of women. Theresa Markow, president of the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE), has stepped down in protest that women were not adequately considered for the editorship of its journal, Evolution.