Sewall Wright

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gptkbp:instanceOf geneticist
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkbp:awards gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkb:Darwin-Wallace_Medal
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Melrose,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:born December 21, 1889
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:contribution Wright's_F-statistics
Wright's_genetic_drift_theory
Wright's_shifting_balance_theory
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Madison,_Wisconsin
gptkbp:died March 3, 1988
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Illinois
gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:fellow gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society
gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:American_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Science
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:field population genetics
evolutionary biology
quantitative genetics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sewall Wright
gptkbp:influenced modern evolutionary synthesis
population genetics theory
theoretical biology
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Charles_Darwin
gptkb:Gregor_Mendel
gptkbp:knownFor path coefficient analysis
Wright's_adaptive_landscape
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Theodosius_Dobzhansky
Richard Lewontin
E._B._Ford
gptkbp:researchFocus natural selection
speciation
population dynamics
adaptive evolution
comparative genomics
conservation genetics
genetic epidemiology
genetic variation
molecular genetics
genetic mapping
inbreeding depression
evolutionary theory
genetic drift
phylogenetics
population structure
evolutionary dynamics
breeding experiments
genetic correlation
quantitative traits
behavioral genetics
molecular evolution
evolutionary ecology
genetic architecture
selection theory
genetic load
statistical genetics
mating systems
fitness landscapes
genetic rescue
genetic variation in populations
outbreeding depression
evolutionary_genetics
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Madison,_Wisconsin
gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois
gptkb:Pasadena,_California
gptkbp:spouse Ethel_Wright