Sewall Wright: 21 December 1889-3 March 1988.

Sewall Wright ’ s adaptive landscapes : 1932 vs . 1988

Sewall Wright introduced the metaphor of evolution on ‘‘adaptive landscapes’’ in a pair of papers published in 1931 and 1932. The metaphor has been one of the most influential in modern evolutionary biology, although recent theoretical advancements show that it is deeply flawed and may have actually created research questions that are not, in fact, fecund. In this paper I examine in detail what...

The Heuristic Role of Sewall Wright’s 1932 Adaptive Landscape Diagram

Sewall Wright’s adaptive landscape is the most influential heuristic in evolutionary biology. Wright’s biographer, Provine, criticized Wright’s adaptive landscape, claiming that its heuristic value is dubious because of deep flaws. Ruse has defended Wright against Provine. Ruse claims Provine has not shown Wright’s use of the landscape is flawed, and that, even if it were, it is heuristically v...

2002 Sewall Wright Award. Linda Partridge.

Sewall Wright and Gustave Malécot on Isolation by Distance

Interpretations of the Curve of Normal Growth.

2 W. J. Crozier, J. Gen. Physiol., 10: 53, 1926. 3 C. S. Minot, "Age, Growth and Death," G. P. Putnam 's Sons, New York, 1908. 4 C. M. Child, " Senescence and Rejuvenescence," University of Chicago Press, 1915. 5 Sewall Wright, J. Amer. Statis. Assoc., 21: 493, 1926. was found by Davidson6 to give a good fit to growth in weight W of dairy cattle. Equation (3) was applied by Weymouth7 with excel...