Evolution in Mendelian Populations
"Evolution in Mendelian Populations" is a lengthy 1931 scientific paper on evolution by the American population geneticist Sewall Wright.[1]
The paper was first published in Genetics volume 16, pages 97–159. In it, Wright outlines various concepts, including genetic drift, effective population size, and inbreeding.
A contemporary review by R.A. Fisher can be found here
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Studiers of evolution such as Lamarck and those who postulated the inheritance of acquired characteristics (e.g. Theodor Eimer and Edward Drinker Cope) were concerned with heredity and sought a link between one generation to the next. Lamarck thought that bodily responses from one generation should be passed along to future generations, which Wright refers to as "direct evolution".[2] Sewall Wright expresses that the birth of genetics stems from Mendelian inheritance principles and so "any theory of evolution" [2] must also be based on Mendelian inheritance.
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References[edit]
- ^ Wright S (1931). "Evolution in Mendelian Populations". Genetics. 16 (2): 97–159. doi:10.1093/genetics/16.2.97. PMC 1201091. PMID 17246615.
- ^ a b "EVOLUTION IN MENDELIAN POPULATIONS | Genetics | Oxford Academic".
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