| Motoo Kimura |
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In Genetics , he is famous for his innovative use of Diffusion Equation s to calculate the probability of fixation and time to fixation of beneficial, deleterious, or neutral Allele s (Watterson, 1996). Combining theoretical Population Genetics with Molecular Evolution data, he also developed the Neutral Theory Of Molecular Evolution in which Genetic Drift is the main force changing Allele Frequencies . (Kimura, 1968, 1983; Ohta and Gillespie, 1996). James F. Crow , himself a renowned population geneticist, considers Kimura to be one of the two greatest evolutionary geneticists, along with Gustave Malécot , after the great trio of the Modern Synthesis ( Haldane , Wright , Fisher ). He was married once to Hiroko Kimura. They had one child, a son, Akio, and had a granddaughter, Hanako--a daughter of Akio (Steen, 1996). REFERENCES |