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- catalog alternative "Evolutionary biology.".
- catalog contributor b665435.
- catalog created "1986.".
- catalog date "1986".
- catalog date "1986.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1986.".
- catalog description "1. Early life and education, 1889-1912 : Early life in Galesburg ; High school days, 1902-1906 ; Lombard College, 1906-1911 ; Academic work at Lombard, Fall 1906-Spring 1909 ; Railroad engineering in South Dakota ; Last year at Lombard, 1910-1911 ; Cold Spring Harbor, 1911 ; Graduate school at the university of Illinois, 1911-1912 ; Cold Spring Harbor, Summer 1912".
- catalog description "10. Wright, Dobzhansky, and the genetics of natural populations : Theodosius Dobzhansky and the study of natural populations ; Dobzhansky and Wright: Genetics and the origin of species ; Dobzhansky and Wright: origins of the genetics of natural populations series".
- catalog description "11. The genetics of natural populations series : GNP V and VII: lethals in relation to population structure ; GNP VI: lnanthus parryae ; GNP X: Dispersion and population structure in drosophila pseudoobscura ; The Brazilian grand plan ; GNP XII and XV: inversions, selection, and migration ; End of the collaboration and conclusions".
- catalog description "12. Evolutionary Theory, 1940-1955 : Wright's influence upon systematists and evolutionists ; Reviews of Willis, Goldschmidt, and Simpson ; Conspicuous polymorphisms ; The panaxia dominula debate ; Significance of the panaxia dominula debate ; Cepaea and the great snail debate ; Conclusion".
- catalog description "13. The Madison years : The University of Wisconsin ; Magnum opus; Wright, Kimura and the role of random drift in evolution ; Mayrm, Wright, and beanbag genetics ; Linanthus parryae revisited ; Wright and Fisher: the final hurrah ; Evolution and the genetics of populations ; After the magnum opus ; Wright's influence upon modern evolutionary biology ; Later years.".
- catalog description "2. William Ernest Castle, Edward Murray East, and the Bussey institution of Harvard : William Ernest Castle ; The Bussey Institution and Edward Murray East ; Experimental work of Castle and his students, 1909-1912 ; Selection in hooded rats ; Size inheritance ; Color inheritance ; C.C little and J. A. Detlefsen".
- catalog description "3. Harvard, 1912-1915 : Introduction to Guinea Pig Genetics from John Detlefsen ; Formal coursework ; Wright as course assistant for Castle ; Wright as Castle's laboratory assistant ; Duplicate genes in Primula sinensis ; Quantitative Genetics ; Inheritance in guinea pigs ; Statues of guinea pig ; The guinea pig colony in 1912 at the Bussey Institution ; Inheritance of fertility in the Cavia refescens x C. porcellus cross ; The agouti series ; Intermediate Roughness ; The albino series of alleles ; Variability uncounted for by Mendelian analysis ; Physiological genetics and interaction effects ; Philosophy of science".
- catalog description "4. USDA and Washington, 1915-1925 : The isolation of Washington: Wright's friends and family ; Marriage ; Division of responsibilities at the USDA ; Research ; Color inheritance in mammals and physiological genetics".
- catalog description "5. Path coefficients and animal breeding : Theory of inbreeding ; Criticism by Henry Niles ; Coefficients of inbreeding and relationship ; Corn and hog correlations ; Limitations of path coefficients ; Principles of livestock breeding ; Inbreeding and crossbreeding in guinea pigs ; Mendelian analysis of pure breeds of livestock ; Concluding remarks on the Washington years".
- catalog description "6. The University of Chicago and physiological genetics, 1926-1955 : Life in Chicago ; The department of zoology ; Teaching ; Wider recognition of Wright's research ; Correspondence ; Scientific correspondence ; Method of path coefficients ; The Harvard offer ; The University of Chicago, 1925-1955 ; Guinea pig research, 1925-1955 ; Physiological genetics, 1935-1961".
- catalog description "7. The Problem of adaptation and mechanisms of evolution after Darwin : Introduction ; Darwin on adaptation, mechanisms of evolution, and classification ; Moritz Wagner (1813-1887) ; Debate over adaptation: Wallace, Romanes, and Gulick ; John Thomas Gulick (1832-1923) ; The problem of adaptation at the turn of the century ; The rise of genetics and the problem of the efficacy of selection ; Systematics and the problem of adaptation, 1900-1925 ; Conclusions".
- catalog description "8. Wright, Fisher, and the theory of evolution in nature : Background to Wright's theory of evolution in nature ; The 1925 version of "Evolution in Mendelian populations" ; Wright's 1932 paper of evolution ; Ambiguities of Wright's 1931 and 1932 papers of evolution ; Influence of Systematics upon the shifting balance theory ; Wright's Random genetic drift and systematics ; Wright, Fisher, and evolution of dominance revisited ; Evolutionary theory, 1934-1939 ; Wrinkles in surface of selective value ; Wright's influence upon animal breeding theory".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 501-519.".
- catalog description "Publications by Sewall Wright: p. 521-530.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 545 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0226684741".
- catalog isPartOf "Science and its conceptual foundations".
- catalog issued "1986".
- catalog issued "1986.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chicago : University of Chicago Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "Biological Evolution.".
- catalog subject "Biologists United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Evolution (Biology) History.".
- catalog subject "Evolution History.".
- catalog subject "FF312".
- catalog subject "Geneticists United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Genetics History.".
- catalog subject "QH361 .P87 1986".
- catalog subject "Wright, Sewall, 1889-".
- catalog subject "Wright, Sewall, 1889-1988.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Early life and education, 1889-1912 : Early life in Galesburg ; High school days, 1902-1906 ; Lombard College, 1906-1911 ; Academic work at Lombard, Fall 1906-Spring 1909 ; Railroad engineering in South Dakota ; Last year at Lombard, 1910-1911 ; Cold Spring Harbor, 1911 ; Graduate school at the university of Illinois, 1911-1912 ; Cold Spring Harbor, Summer 1912".
- catalog tableOfContents "10. Wright, Dobzhansky, and the genetics of natural populations : Theodosius Dobzhansky and the study of natural populations ; Dobzhansky and Wright: Genetics and the origin of species ; Dobzhansky and Wright: origins of the genetics of natural populations series".
- catalog tableOfContents "11. The genetics of natural populations series : GNP V and VII: lethals in relation to population structure ; GNP VI: lnanthus parryae ; GNP X: Dispersion and population structure in drosophila pseudoobscura ; The Brazilian grand plan ; GNP XII and XV: inversions, selection, and migration ; End of the collaboration and conclusions".
- catalog tableOfContents "12. Evolutionary Theory, 1940-1955 : Wright's influence upon systematists and evolutionists ; Reviews of Willis, Goldschmidt, and Simpson ; Conspicuous polymorphisms ; The panaxia dominula debate ; Significance of the panaxia dominula debate ; Cepaea and the great snail debate ; Conclusion".
- catalog tableOfContents "13. The Madison years : The University of Wisconsin ; Magnum opus; Wright, Kimura and the role of random drift in evolution ; Mayrm, Wright, and beanbag genetics ; Linanthus parryae revisited ; Wright and Fisher: the final hurrah ; Evolution and the genetics of populations ; After the magnum opus ; Wright's influence upon modern evolutionary biology ; Later years.".
- catalog tableOfContents "2. William Ernest Castle, Edward Murray East, and the Bussey institution of Harvard : William Ernest Castle ; The Bussey Institution and Edward Murray East ; Experimental work of Castle and his students, 1909-1912 ; Selection in hooded rats ; Size inheritance ; Color inheritance ; C.C little and J. A. Detlefsen".
- catalog tableOfContents "3. Harvard, 1912-1915 : Introduction to Guinea Pig Genetics from John Detlefsen ; Formal coursework ; Wright as course assistant for Castle ; Wright as Castle's laboratory assistant ; Duplicate genes in Primula sinensis ; Quantitative Genetics ; Inheritance in guinea pigs ; Statues of guinea pig ; The guinea pig colony in 1912 at the Bussey Institution ; Inheritance of fertility in the Cavia refescens x C. porcellus cross ; The agouti series ; Intermediate Roughness ; The albino series of alleles ; Variability uncounted for by Mendelian analysis ; Physiological genetics and interaction effects ; Philosophy of science".
- catalog tableOfContents "4. USDA and Washington, 1915-1925 : The isolation of Washington: Wright's friends and family ; Marriage ; Division of responsibilities at the USDA ; Research ; Color inheritance in mammals and physiological genetics".
- catalog tableOfContents "5. Path coefficients and animal breeding : Theory of inbreeding ; Criticism by Henry Niles ; Coefficients of inbreeding and relationship ; Corn and hog correlations ; Limitations of path coefficients ; Principles of livestock breeding ; Inbreeding and crossbreeding in guinea pigs ; Mendelian analysis of pure breeds of livestock ; Concluding remarks on the Washington years".
- catalog tableOfContents "6. The University of Chicago and physiological genetics, 1926-1955 : Life in Chicago ; The department of zoology ; Teaching ; Wider recognition of Wright's research ; Correspondence ; Scientific correspondence ; Method of path coefficients ; The Harvard offer ; The University of Chicago, 1925-1955 ; Guinea pig research, 1925-1955 ; Physiological genetics, 1935-1961".
- catalog tableOfContents "7. The Problem of adaptation and mechanisms of evolution after Darwin : Introduction ; Darwin on adaptation, mechanisms of evolution, and classification ; Moritz Wagner (1813-1887) ; Debate over adaptation: Wallace, Romanes, and Gulick ; John Thomas Gulick (1832-1923) ; The problem of adaptation at the turn of the century ; The rise of genetics and the problem of the efficacy of selection ; Systematics and the problem of adaptation, 1900-1925 ; Conclusions".
- catalog tableOfContents "8. Wright, Fisher, and the theory of evolution in nature : Background to Wright's theory of evolution in nature ; The 1925 version of "Evolution in Mendelian populations" ; Wright's 1932 paper of evolution ; Ambiguities of Wright's 1931 and 1932 papers of evolution ; Influence of Systematics upon the shifting balance theory ; Wright's Random genetic drift and systematics ; Wright, Fisher, and evolution of dominance revisited ; Evolutionary theory, 1934-1939 ; Wrinkles in surface of selective value ; Wright's influence upon animal breeding theory".
- catalog title "Evolutionary biology.".
- catalog title "Sewall Wright and evolutionary biology / by William B. Provine.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".