Sewall Wright

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evolutionary biologist geneticist human population geneticist

Sewall Wright was an American geneticist and evolutionary biologist whose pioneering work on population genetics and genetic drift helped lay the foundations of the modern evolutionary synthesis.

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Sewall Wright canonical 18
Sewall Green Wright 2

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instanceOf evolutionary biologist ⓘ
geneticist ⓘ
human ⓘ
population geneticist ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in zoology ⓘ
awardReceived Balzan Prize ⓘ
Darwin Medal ⓘ
National Medal of Science ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1889-12-21 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1988-03-03 ⓘ
educatedAt Harvard University ⓘ
Lombard College ⓘ
employer United States Department of Agriculture ⓘ
University of Chicago ⓘ
University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ
familyName Wright ⓘ
father Philip Green Wright ⓘ
fieldOfWork biostatistics ⓘ
evolutionary biology ⓘ
genetics ⓘ
population genetics ⓘ
fullName Sewall Wright self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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givenName Sewall ⓘ
influenced J. B. S. Haldane ⓘ
Ronald A. Fisher ⓘ
Theodosius Dobzhansky ⓘ
modern evolutionary synthesis ⓘ
knownFor analysis of inbreeding and population structure ⓘ
foundational work in population genetics ⓘ
mathematical models of evolution ⓘ
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ
American Philosophical Society ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
notableConcept adaptive landscape ⓘ
genetic drift ⓘ
inbreeding coefficient ⓘ
shifting balance theory ⓘ
notableWork Evolution and the Genetics of Populations ⓘ
Evolution in Mendelian Populations ⓘ
The Roles of Mutation, Inbreeding, Crossbreeding and Selection in Evolution ⓘ
placeOfBirth Melrose, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Melrose, Massachusetts, United States
placeOfDeath Madison, Wisconsin, United States ⓘ
positionHeld Professor of genetics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ
Professor of zoology at the University of Chicago ⓘ
religion Unitarian Universalism ⓘ
sibling Quincy Wright ⓘ
Theodore Paul Wright ⓘ
studied guinea pig coat color inheritance ⓘ

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modern evolutionary synthesis → influencedBy → Sewall Wright ⓘ
Darwin–Wallace Medal → notableRecipient → Sewall Wright ⓘ
Theodosius Dobzhansky → influencedBy → Sewall Wright ⓘ
Sewall Wright → fullName → Sewall Wright self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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Evolution: The Modern Synthesis → influencedBy → Sewall Wright ⓘ
Motoo Kimura → influencedBy → Sewall Wright ⓘ
shifting balance theory → proposedBy → Sewall Wright ⓘ
Evolution in Mendelian Populations → author → Sewall Wright ⓘ
Evolution in Mendelian Populations → hasAuthor → Sewall Wright ⓘ
The Roles of Mutation, Inbreeding, Crossbreeding and Selection in Evolution → author → Sewall Wright ⓘ
The Roles of Mutation, Inbreeding, Crossbreeding and Selection in Evolution → authorName → Sewall Wright ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sewall Green Wright
Nick Barton → influencedBy → Sewall Wright ⓘ
Animal Species and Evolution → influencedBy → Sewall Wright ⓘ
Evolution and the Genetics of Populations → author → Sewall Wright ⓘ
Evolution and the Genetics of Populations → hasContributor → Sewall Wright ⓘ
Lombard College → almaMaterOf → Sewall Wright ⓘ
Lombard College → notableAlumnus → Sewall Wright ⓘ
Lombard College → notableFaculty → Sewall Wright ⓘ
Lombard College → hasAlumni → Sewall Wright ⓘ
James F. Crow → academicAdvisor → Sewall Wright ⓘ