| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:person 
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                                | gptkbp:almaMater | gptkb:Kyushu_University 
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                                | gptkbp:awardReceived | gptkb:Kyoto_Prize_in_Basic_Sciences gptkb:International_Prize_for_Biology
 
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                                | gptkbp:birthDate | 1931-01-02 
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                                | gptkbp:birthPlace | gptkb:Miyazaki,_Japan 
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                                | gptkbp:citation | over 100,000 
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                                | gptkbp:citizenship | gptkb:Japan gptkb:United_States
 
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                                | gptkbp:deathDate | 2023-02-18 
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                                | gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor | gptkb:Motoo_Kimura 
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                                | gptkbp:doctoralStudent | gptkb:Katsura_Nei gptkb:Sudhir_Kumar
 gptkb:Ziheng_Yang
 
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                                | gptkbp:editor | gptkb:Genome_Biology_and_Evolution_(journal) gptkb:Molecular_Biology_and_Evolution_(journal)
 
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                                | gptkbp:employer | gptkb:Pennsylvania_State_University University of Texas at Houston
 
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                                | gptkbp:fieldOfWork | evolutionary biology population genetics
 molecular evolution
 
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                                | gptkbp:hIndex | over 100 
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                                | gptkbp:influenced | gptkb:Katsura_Nei gptkb:Sudhir_Kumar
 gptkb:Ziheng_Yang
 
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                                | gptkbp:knownFor | gptkb:Nei's_genetic_distance molecular phylogenetics
 theory of mutation-driven evolution
 
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                                | gptkbp:language | English Japanese
 
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                                | gptkbp:memberOf | gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableWork | gptkb:Molecular_Evolution_and_Phylogenetics_(book) gptkb:Molecular_Evolutionary_Genetics_(book)
 gptkb:Nei's_genetic_distance
 gptkb:Nei–Gojobori_method
 
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                                | gptkbp:occupation | gptkb:biologist 
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                                | gptkbp:spouse | gptkb:Midori_Nei 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:International_Prize_for_Biology 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 6 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Masatoshi Nei 
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