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Born December 21, 1889 • Massachusetts
Died March 3, 1988 (aged 98) • Madison • Wisconsin • (Died on this day)
Subjects Of Study animal • evolution • genetic drift • hybridization • inbreeding • population genetics • statistics

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J.B.S. Haldane.
J.B.S. Haldane
British geneticist
Karl Pearson
Karl Pearson
British mathematician
Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher
British geneticist and statistician
Theodosius Dobzhansky
American scientist
Francisco J. Ayala
Francisco J. Ayala
American geneticist and biologist
Mayr, Ernst
Ernst Mayr
American biologist
Richard B. Goldschmidt
German-born American zoologist
George Harrison Shull
American botanist
Gregor Mendel
Gregor Mendel
botanist
Weismann, August
August Weismann
German biologist
Bateson, William
William Bateson
British biologist
Hugo de Vries
Dutch botanist and geneticist
Sir Gavin de Beer
British zoologist
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Thomas Hunt Morgan
American biologist
Bruce Ames
American biochemist and geneticist
Alfred Sherwood Romer, 1965
Alfred Sherwood Romer
American biologist
Dana, James D.
James D. Dana
American geologist and mineralogist
Fred H. Gage
American geneticist
Venter, J. Craig
J. Craig Venter
American geneticist, biochemist, and businessman
Francis Collins
Francis Collins
American geneticist

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