this appears to be the source: Jordan, D.S. (1891) Temperature and vertebrae: a study in evolution. Wilder-Quarter Century Books, New York.
>________________________________ > From: Lyndell Bade <lyndell.b...@gmail.com> >To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU >Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 1:35 PM >Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Jordan's rule > >I agree with Dr. Resetarits. It seems to me that it would be associated >with David Starr Jordan. Please see: > >http://vertebrates.si.edu/fishes/ichthyology_history/ichs_colls/jordan_david.html > > >http://www25-temp.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/davidstarrjordan.html > >(The wikipedia page on him does not appear to be complete and needs >editing. I caught some mistakes just scrolling through it.) > >Best, >Lyndell > > >On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Resetarits, William < >william.resetar...@ttu.edu> wrote: > >> I have no direct info on this, but it seems the most likely scenario is a >> connection to the famous Ichthyologist and Evolutionary biologist David >> Starr Jordan. >> >> William J. Resetarits, Jr >> Professor >> Department of Biological Sciences >> Texas Tech University >> Lubbock, Texas 79409-3131 >> Phone: (806) 742-2710, ext.300 >> Fax (806) 742-2963 >> >> >> >> >> On 8/29/12 9:25 AM, "Jan Ygberg" <jygb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >Dear all >> > >> >Maybe this one? : >> > >> > >> >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_algebra >> > >> >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascual_Jordan >> > >> >Cheers >> > >> > >> >Jan H. N. Ygberg >> >Public Relations >> >Resident Naturalists Programme Coordinator >> > >> > EXPLORER'S INN >> > in the >> > TAMBOPATA NATIONAL RESERVE >> >A PERUVIAN SAFARIS ECO LODGE A LODGE WITH A DIFFERENCE >> >Since 1976 A SHOWCASE OF THE AMAZON RAINFOREST >> >Peruvian Safaris S.A >> >Alcanfores 459 - Miraflores >> >Lima 18 - Peru >> >Phone: (51 1) 447 8888 >> >Fax: (51 1) 241 8427 >> >E-mail: safa...@amauta.rcp.net.pe / sa...@explorersinn.com >> >Web Site: http://www.explorersinn.com/ >> >Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/explorerslodge >> >Twitter: @explorersinn >> > >> >2012/8/28 Philippe Golay <g...@geneva-link.ch> >> > >> >> Dear all, >> >> >> >> do you know who coined the expression « Jordan¹s rule » or « Jordan¹s >> >>law » >> >> (fish species develop more vertebrae in a cold environment than in a >> >>warm >> >> one) ? >> >> >> >> Thank you in advance. >> >> Truly yours. >> >> >> >> Philippe >> >> >> >> SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS >> >> >> >> Philippe GOLAY >> >> elapsoïdea >> >> 21, chemin du Moulin >> >> CH 1233 Bernex >> >> tel : +41(0)22 7771131 >> >> mail : g...@geneva-link.ch >> >> >> >> SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS >> >> L¹autre jour, au fond d¹un vallon, Un serpent piqua Jean Fréron. Que >> >> pensez-vous qu¹il arriva? Ce fut le serpent qui creva.. (Voltaire, >> >>Poésies >> >> mêlées) >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> >-- >> > > >
