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Lewontin fue uno de los primeros defensores de la teoría jerárquica de la evolución (Lewontin, 1970). Desde esta perspectiva, la selección natural no limita su ejercicio a los genes, sino que células, organismos, demes, especies y clados pueden actuar también como unidades evolutivas.
Richard Charles Lewontin (March 29, 1929 – July 4, 2021) was an American evolutionary biologist, mathematician, geneticist, and social commentator.
13 de jul. de 2021 · Richard Lewontin was a groundbreaking geneticist, best known for bringing molecular tools into evolutionary biology and for his advocacy against the use of science to rationalize structural...
- Michael R. Dietrich
- 2021
13 de ago. de 2021 · Richard Charles “Dick” Lewontin died at age 92 on 4 July, 3 days after Mary Jane, his wife of 73 years. Arguably the most influential population geneticist of the second half of the 20th century, Lewontin laid the theoretical and experimental foundations of modern evolutionary genetics.
- Andrew Berry, Dmitri A. Petrov
- 2021
7 de jul. de 2021 · Richard C. Lewontin, widely considered one of the most brilliant geneticists of the modern era and a prolific, elegant and often caustic writer who condemned the facile use of genetics and...
9 de jul. de 2021 · Professor Lewontin is considered one of the most brilliant population geneticists and pioneered the study of genetic variation among humans and other animals. He was a much loved and respected member of the department as well as more broadly at Harvard and, indeed, worldwide.
Richard (Dick) Lewontin, who died last year at age 92, was a preeminent evolutionist and population geneticist who was also a committed Marxist, a public intellectual, a serious contributor to the philosophy of science, an inspired teacher, and a mentor to legions of students and postdocs.
