Open AccessWright and Fisher on Inbreeding and Random Drift
Author(s) -
James F. Crow
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.792
H-Index - 246
eISSN - 1943-2631
pISSN - 0016-6731
DOI - 10.1534/genetics.109.110023
Subject(s) - inbreeding , wright , biology , genetic drift , evolutionary biology , population , genetics , statistics , demography , mathematics , gene , sociology , genetic variation , history , art history
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. Since the effective population numbers for inbreeding and random drift are different, this would argue for the Fisher view.
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