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Sewall Green Wright (1889–1988) was an American biologist, geneticist, statistician, and university teacher. Born in Melrose and dying in Madison, he worked in the field of population genetics. He was educated at the University of Illinois system and Harvard University. His professional career included positions at the United States Department of Agriculture, the University of Chicago, and the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Wright was a member of the Royal Society, the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. He received the Balzan Prize, the Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal, the National Medal of Science, and the Darwin Medal. His doctoral advisor was William Ernest Castle, and his doctoral student was Robert R. Sokal. He was the sibling of Quincy Wright.
His notable works include *Principles of livestock breeding*, *Corn and hog correlations*, *Evolution and the genetics of populations*, and *The Roles of Mutation, Inbreeding, Crossbreeding and Selection in Evolution*. He wrote in English.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1889
- Died
- 1988
- Works
- 14
Top works
- Principles of livestock breeding
- Corn and hog correlations
- Evolution and the genetics of populations
- THE ROLES OF MUTATION, INBREEDING, CROSSBREEDING AND SELECTION IN EVOLUTION
- Evolution and the genetics of populations
via Open Library + Wikidata
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Geant4—a simulation toolkit
· 2003 · cited 21,261x
- Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
· 2016 · cited 11,688x
- Genome engineering using the CRISPR-Cas9 system
· 2013 · cited 10,899x
- Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure
· 2003 · cited 10,088x
- First‐Year
<i>Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe</i>
(
<i>WMAP</i>
) Observations: Determination of Cosmological Parameters
· 2003 · cited 9,251x
via Crossref · CC0
Authority record · VIAF
- Lifespan
- 1889–1988
- Nationality
- US
- Role / Field
- Genetycy, Biolodzy, Genetyka, Biologia
- Language
- eng
- Gender
- Male
Recorded by 13 libraries
via VIAF · OCLC
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1889-12-21 ) December 21, 1889, Melrose, Massachusetts , U.S.
- Died
- March 3, 1988 (1988-03-03) (aged 98), Madison, Wisconsin , U.S.
- Education
- Lombard College ( BSc ), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ( MSc ), Harvard University ( PhD )
- Known for
- Coefficient of determination , Population genetics , Causal graph , F-statistics , Fixation index , Fitness landscape , Genetic rescue , Genetic drift , Inbreeding coefficient , Path analysis , Shifting balance theory , Threshold model
- Awards
- Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal (1945) , Weldon Memorial Prize (1947), National Medal of Science (1966), Darwin Medal (1980), Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal (1982), Balzan Prize (1984)
- Fields
- Genetics
- Institutions
- University of Chicago , (1926–1954) , University of Wisconsin , (1955–1960)
- Doctoral advisor
- William Ernest Castle
- Other academic advisors
- Wilhelmine Key
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Encyclopedic overview
Sewall Green Wright ForMemRS HonFRSE (December 21, 1889 – March 3, 1988) was an American geneticist known for his influential work on evolutionary theory and also for his work on path analysis. He was a founder of population genetics alongside Ronald Fisher and J. B. S. Haldane, which was a major step in the development of the modern synthesis combining genetics with evolution. He discovered the inbreeding coefficient and methods of computing it in pedigree animals. He extended this work to populations, computing the amount of inbreeding between members of populations as a result of random genetic drift, and along with Fisher he pioneered methods for computing the distribution of gene frequencies among populations as a result of the interaction of natural selection, mutation, migration and genetic drift. Wright also made major contributions to mammalian and biochemical genetics.
Biography
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