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...representatives from 138 nations trying to come to an agreement on how to deal with the explosive issue of genetically modified foods, the words "breakthrough" and "important first step" have been as rare as 100 percent organic popcorn around the Monsanto break room. But there was Juan Mayr of Colombia, president of the United Nations conference on biosafety, breaking into tears as he announced early Saturday that after several years of contentious negotiations, an agreement had been reached. The protocol would allow countries to reject genetically modified foods without scientific evidence of harm, and it would require exporters to label...
...Among Mayr's hundreds of published works are Populations, Species and Evolution and Systematics and the Origin of Species...
...Mayr also served as the Director for the Museum of Comparative Zoology. In 1995, the Museum's library was dedicated in hisname...
...retired, Mayr, 94, remains active inresearch and other areas of science. He continuesto deliver lectures at universities around theworld and write books synthesizing the worlds ofsystematics and genetics. He also occasionallyreviews colleagues' books...
...Mayr, who traveled to Florida this week, wasunavailable for comment yesterday