Wyatt Anderson
American geneticist and evolutionary biologist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wyatt Wheaton Anderson (March 27, 1939 - 11 November 2023[2])[3] was an American geneticist and evolutionary biologist.[4] He is Alumni Foundation Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Genetics in the University of Georgia's Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. He was also the dean of the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences from 1992 until he stepped down in 2004.[5][6] He has been a member of the National Academy of Sciences since 1987,[7] and is also a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[8]
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Wyatt Anderson | |
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Born | (1939-03-27)March 27, 1939 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
Died | November 11, 2023(2023-11-11) (aged 84) |
Education | Rockefeller University |
Known for | Drosophila research |
Spouse | Margaret Anderson |
Children | 3 |
Awards | Member of the National Academy of Sciences since 1987 |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Evolutionary biology, genetics |
Institutions | University of Georgia |
Thesis | Studies on selection in natural and experimental populations of Drosophila pseudoobscura (1966) |
Academic advisors | Theodosius Dobzhansky[1] |
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