Wyatt Anderson

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Wyatt Anderson
Born (1939-03-27) March 27, 1939 (age 82)
New Orleans, Louisiana
NationalityAmerican
EducationRockefeller University
Known forDrosophilia research
Spouse(s)Margaret Anderson
AwardsMember of the National Academy of Sciences since 1987
Scientific career
FieldsEvolutionary biology, genetics
InstitutionsUniversity of Georgia
ThesisStudies on selection in natural and experimental populations of Drosophila pseudoobscura (1966)
Academic advisorsTheodosius Dobzhansky[1]

Wyatt Wheaton Anderson (born March 27, 1939)[2] is an American geneticist and evolutionary biologist.[3] He is Alumni Foundation Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Genetics in the University of Georgia's Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. He was also the dean of the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences from 1992 until he stepped down in 2004.[4][5] He has been a member of the National Academy of Sciences since 1987,[6] and is also a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[7]

Research[]

Anderson is known for his research on the evolutionary genetics of Drosophila.[7] In 2012, for example, he co-authored a study with Patricia Adair Gowaty and Yong-Kyu Kim in which they attempted, and failed, to replicate a famous 1948 study by Angus John Bateman. Their results indicated that Bateman was wrong in his conclusions that male Drosophila melanogaster were promiscuous and females were more "choosy" with regard to their mating behaviors.[8][9][10]

Personal life[]

Anderson is married to Margaret Anderson, a statistician with whom he co-founded the Wyatt and Margaret Anderson Professorship in the Arts at UGA. The first recipient of this professorship was Frederick Burchinal in 2006.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ Olson, Randy (2015-09-16). Houston, We Have a Narrative: Why Science Needs Story. University of Chicago Press. p. 82. ISBN 9780226270845.
  2. ^ "Wyatt W. Anderson". Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
  3. ^ Vergano, Dan (2013-04-08). "Size indeed matters, suggests male attractiveness study". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
  4. ^ Dendy, Larry (2004-06-23). "Garnett Stokes named dean of UGA's Franklin College of Arts and Sciences". UGA Today. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
  5. ^ Shearer, Lee (2003-09-26). "Franklin College dean stepping down". Athens Banner-Herald. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
  6. ^ "Wyatt Anderson". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b "Wyatt Anderson". University of Georgia Department of Genetics. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
  8. ^ Gowaty, Patricia Adair; Kim, Yong-Kyu; Anderson, Wyatt W. (2012-07-17). "No evidence of sexual selection in a repetition of Bateman's classic study of Drosophila melanogaster". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109 (29): 11740–11745. doi:10.1073/pnas.1207851109. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 3406809. PMID 22689966.
  9. ^ King, Barbara J. (2012-12-13). "Promiscuous Males And Choosy Females? Challenging A Classic Experiment". NPR.org. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
  10. ^ Keim, Brandon (2012-07-10). "Classic study of animal sexuality challenges our traditional values". WIRED UK.
  11. ^ "Met Opera star to join UGA faculty". Athens Banner-Herald. 2006-08-06. Retrieved 2017-09-20.

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