Tag: population genetics
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J.B.S. Haldane Biography: Rebel of Modern Genetics
One way to begin a J.B.S. Haldane biography is in a muddy trench on the Western Front. A young British officer, already famous in his regiment for a reckless courage that bordered on suicidal, peered over the lip of the trench to test how close enemy bullets came to his skull. He logged the results in a…
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Sewall Wright Biography: Architect of Population Genetics
In most tellings of 20th-century science, the headlines belong to the stars: Darwin’s intellectual heirs, the fossil hunters, the charismatic lab showmen. Yet one of the most important stories hides in equations scribbled by a shy American geneticist from the Midwest. This Sewall Wright biography is, at its heart, the story of a man who…