Michael Turelli
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Michael Turelli is an evolutionary biologist known for his influential theoretical work on population genetics, speciation, and the dynamics of endosymbionts such as Wolbachia.
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| Michael Turelli canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Turelli Context triple: [Nick Barton, coAuthor, Michael Turelli]
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A.
Michael Wibberly
Michael Wibberly is a fictional character appearing in John Stephens' fantasy novel "The Fire Chronicle," part of the Books of Beginning series.
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B.
Phil Szostak
Phil Szostak is an American architect best known for designing the Durham Performing Arts Center in North Carolina.
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Michael Ashburner
Michael Ashburner is a British biologist and geneticist renowned for his pioneering work on Drosophila genomics and for co-founding the Gene Ontology project.
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Paul Westhead
Paul Westhead is an American basketball coach known for his fast-paced "run-and-gun" offensive style and for winning championships in both the NBA and WNBA.
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E.
John C. Avise
John C. Avise is an American evolutionary geneticist renowned for pioneering the use of molecular markers to study natural populations, phylogeography, and conservation biology.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Turelli Target entity description: Michael Turelli is an evolutionary biologist known for his influential theoretical work on population genetics, speciation, and the dynamics of endosymbionts such as Wolbachia.
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A.
Michael Wibberly
Michael Wibberly is a fictional character appearing in John Stephens' fantasy novel "The Fire Chronicle," part of the Books of Beginning series.
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B.
Phil Szostak
Phil Szostak is an American architect best known for designing the Durham Performing Arts Center in North Carolina.
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C.
Michael Ashburner
Michael Ashburner is a British biologist and geneticist renowned for his pioneering work on Drosophila genomics and for co-founding the Gene Ontology project.
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D.
Paul Westhead
Paul Westhead is an American basketball coach known for his fast-paced "run-and-gun" offensive style and for winning championships in both the NBA and WNBA.
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E.
John C. Avise
John C. Avise is an American evolutionary geneticist renowned for pioneering the use of molecular markers to study natural populations, phylogeography, and conservation biology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
evolutionary biologist
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person ⓘ population geneticist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coAuthor |
Ary A. Hoffmann
NERFINISHED
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H. Allen Orr NERFINISHED ⓘ Laurence D. Hurst NERFINISHED ⓘ Nick H. Barton NERFINISHED ⓘ Sergey Gavrilets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Montgomery Slatkin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of California, Berkeley
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University of Washington ⓘ |
| employer | University of California, Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Wolbachia
NERFINISHED
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endosymbiont dynamics ⓘ evolutionary biology ⓘ population genetics ⓘ quantitative genetics ⓘ speciation ⓘ theoretical biology ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDegree | PhD in genetics ⓘ |
| hasPublication |
“Cytoplasmic incompatibility in populations with overlapping generations”
NERFINISHED
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“Genetics and the origin of species: from Darwin to molecular biology” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Heritable genetic variation via mutation–selection balance: Lerch’s zeta meets the abdominal bristle” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Random environments and stochastic calculus” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Theory and speciation” NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStudent |
Alison M. Etheridge
NERFINISHED
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Gregory S. Gilbert NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Kirkpatrick NERFINISHED ⓘ Nick Barton NERFINISHED ⓘ Noah Rosenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ Sergey Gavrilets NERFINISHED ⓘ Sylvain Gandon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
mathematical models of endosymbiont spread
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models of speciation ⓘ research on Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility ⓘ theoretical work in population genetics ⓘ work on quantitative genetic models of evolution ⓘ |
| memberOf | Society for the Study of Evolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
professor
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researcher ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
Dobzhansky–Muller incompatibilities
NERFINISHED
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evolution of quantitative traits ⓘ evolution of reproductive isolation ⓘ host–symbiont interactions ⓘ hybrid incompatibilities ⓘ vector-borne disease control using Wolbachia ⓘ |
| workLocation | Davis, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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