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He was the chief developer of the mathematical theory of genetic drift, which is sometimes known as the Sewall Wright effect, cumulative stochastic changes in gene frequencies that arise from random births, deaths, and Mendelian segregations in reproduction.
Sewall Green Wright (Melrose, 1889 – Madison, 3 marzo 1988) è stato un genetista statunitense. Autorevole sostenitore del neodarwinismo , fu docente all' università di Chicago e poi all' università del Wisconsin dal 1960 al 1965 .
16 apr 2024 · Sewall Wright (born Dec. 21, 1889, Melrose, Mass., U.S.—died March 3, 1988, Madison, Wis.) was an American geneticist, one of the founders of population genetics. He was the brother of the political scientist Quincy Wright.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sewall Wright (1889 -1988), nato a Melrose, Massachussetts, il 21 dicembre 1889, è universalmente considerato come uno dei più eminenti genetisti di questo secolo. Il suo contributo più conosciuto è lo sviluppo di modelli matematici dei processi evolutivi fondamentali, sulle basi della genetica mendeliana.
29 nov 2021 · American biologist Sewall Wright (1889–1988) was an influential pioneer in the field of evolutionary genetics.
Sewall Wright was born December 21, 1889, in Melrose, Massachusetts, but grew up in Galesburg, Illinois, where he attended Lombard College. He learned about the subject of genetics by reading Punnett’s account of Mendelism in the Encyclopedia Brittanica.
Genetista americano, nato a Melrose, Mass., il 21 dicembre 1889, professore all'università di Chicago.
