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The shifting balance theory consists of three distinct phases (Wright, 1977): Phase 1, the exploratory phase, is characterized by the action of genetic drift. As a result, the small...
He was the chief developer of the mathematical theory of genetic drift, which is sometimes known as the Sewall Wright effect, cumulative stochastic changes in gene frequencies that arise from random births, deaths, and Mendelian segregations in reproduction.
- Edric Lescouflair
- Genetics
Apr 16, 2024 · Wright is perhaps best known for his concept of genetic drift, called the Sewall Wright effect, which says that when small populations of a species are isolated, out of pure chance the few individuals who carry certain relatively rare genes may fail to transmit them.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sewall Wright and R. A. Fisher often differed, including on the meaning of inbreeding and random gene frequency drift. Fisher regarded them as quite distinct processes, whereas Wright thought that because his inbreeding coefficient measured both they should be regarded as the same.
- James F Crow
- 2010
Dec 28, 2015 · Wright provides mathematical analyses of selection, mutation, migration, and random genetic drift, synthesizing these processes into a single formula for the stationary distribution of allele frequencies.
In 1931 the American biologist Sewall Wright developed the study of a stochastic model in population genetics, which is based on the same assumptions as in the Hardy–Weinberg law except that the population is not assumed infinitely large.
