Wright, Sewall

1889–1988 American geneticist and one of the most important theoreticians of evolution of the twentieth century.

Keywords: population genetics; evolutionary theory; herbert spencer; adaptive landscapes

Figure 1. Sewall Wright (1889–1988).
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 Further Reading
    book Sewall Wright (1968–1978) Evolution and the Genetics of Populations: A treatise in four Volumes. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
    book Provine WB (ed.) (1986) Sewall Wright. Evolution: Selected Papers. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
    book Provine WB (1986) Sewall Wright and Evolutionary Biology. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
    book Ruse M (1996) Monad to Man: The Concept of Progress in Evolutionary Biology. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
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Ruse, Michael(Apr 2001) Wright, Sewall. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0002963]