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 97–126. 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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Evolutionist such as Lamarck and those whom postulated the inheritance of acquired characteristics, (see Theodor Eimer and Edward Drinker Cope) were concerned with heredity and sought a link between one generation to the next. Lamarck had in mind that bodily responses from one generation should be passed along to future generations, Wright refers to this as "direct evolution".[2] Sewall Wright expresses that the birth of genetics stems from Mendelian inheritance principles, (see Gregor Mendel) and so that "any theory of evolution" [2] must also be based on Mendelian inheritance.
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- ^ Wright S (1931). "Evolution in Mendelian Populations". Genetics 16 (2): 97–159. PMC 1201091. PMID 17246615. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1201091.
- ^ a b http://www.genetics.org/cgi/reprint/16/2/97
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