Godfrey Hewitt

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Godfrey Hewitt was a prominent British evolutionary geneticist known for his influential work on speciation, hybrid zones, and the genetic consequences of glaciation in animals.

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instanceOf academic
biologist
evolutionary geneticist
human
awardReceived Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
surface form: Fellow of the Royal Society

Frink Medal
Linnean Medal
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1940
dateOfDeath 2013
educatedAt University of Birmingham
University of East Anglia
employer University of East Anglia
fieldOfWork biogeography
evolutionary genetics
hybrid zones
molecular ecology
phylogeography
population genetics
speciation
hasAcademicAdvisor Bryan Clarke
hasGender male
hasStudent Jeremy Searle
Roger Butlin
Terry Burke
influenced field of phylogeography
studies of European postglacial biota
knownFor pioneering work in phylogeography of European fauna
research on hybrid zones
research on speciation
studies of genetic consequences of glaciation in animals
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Royal Society
notableWork analyses of contact zones between diverged lineages
studies of postglacial recolonization patterns in Europe
occupation evolutionary biologist
geneticist
placeOfBirth United Kingdom
positionHeld head of School of Biological Sciences at the University of East Anglia
professor of evolutionary biology
researchInterest effects of Pleistocene glaciations on biodiversity
genetic structure of natural populations
mtDNA variation in animals
secondary contact and hybrid zones
speciation processes in animals
workLocation Norwich

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