Genetics and the origin of species

Japanese: 《遺伝学と種の起源》 - いでんがくとしゅのきげん
Genetics and the origin of species

…He established population genetics of Drosophila in the United States and conducted a wide range of research, including the discovery of numerous chromosomal inversions and lethal genes in natural populations and his investigation of the mechanisms of their maintenance, as well as experimental research into speciation through sexual isolation. His major work, Genetics and the Origin of Species (1937, renamed Genetics of the Evolutionary Process in 1970), is known as a classic in genetic evolution. …

*Some of the terminology referenced in "Genetics and the Origin of Species" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ショウジョウバエの集団遺伝学をアメリカに根づかせ,幅広い研究を行ったが,中でも自然集団に多数の染色体逆位や致死遺伝子が含まれていることを発見して,その維持機構を調べた研究,性的隔離による種分化の実験的研究などが有名である。主著《遺伝学と種の起源》(1937。70年に《進化過程の遺伝学》と改題)は遺伝進化学の古典として知られる。…

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