Wright, Sewall

Wright, Sewall
(21 dic. 1889, Melrose, Mass., EE.UU.–3 mar. 1988, Madison, Wis.).

Genetista estadounidense. Se doctoró en la Universidad de Harvard. Sus primeras investigaciones versaron sobre los efectos de la endogamia y el cruzamiento en los conejillos de Indias, animales que luego usó para estudiar los efectos de la acción de los genes en el color del pelaje y de los ojos. Con J.B.S. Haldane y R.A. Fisher desarrolló una base matemática para la teoría evolutiva moderna empleando métodos estadísticos. Ideó una teoría que pudiese guiar el empleo de la endogamia y el cruzamiento para mejorar el ganado. Tal vez es más conocido por su concepto de la deriva genética.

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  • Wright — /ruyt/, n. 1. Charles, born 1935, U.S. poet. 2. Frances or Fanny, 1795 1852, U.S. abolitionist and social reformer, born in Scotland. 3. Frank Lloyd, 1867 1959, U.S. architect. 4. James, 1927 80, U.S. poet and translator. 5 …   Universalium

  • wright — /ruyt/, n. a worker, esp. a constructive worker (used chiefly in combination): a wheelwright; a playwright. [bef. 900; ME; OE wryhta, metathetic var. of WYRHTA worker; akin to WORK] * * * (as used in expressions) Forrester Jay Wright Mills… …   Universalium

  • Sewall Wright — Sewall Green Wright (* 21. Dezember 1889 in Melrose (Massachusetts); † 3. März 1988 in Madison (Wisconsin)) war ein amerikanischer Theoretischer Biologe und Genetiker, der zusammen mit Ronald Fisher und J. B. S. Haldane in den 1920er Jahren die… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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