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Scientific families: Dynasty

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Bob Paine fathered an idea — and an academic family — that changed ecology.

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  • 23 January 2013

    This article wrongly stated that Peter Kareiva was a student of Bob Paine. Kareiva is in fact a friend of Paine’s. The article has been corrected to reflect this.

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Yong, E. Scientific families: Dynasty. Nature 493, 286–289 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/493286a

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