Wyatt Anderson

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Wyatt Anderson
Born(1939-03-27)March 27, 1939
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
DiedNovember 11, 2023(2023-11-11) (aged 84)
Athens, Georgia, U.S.
Education Rockefeller University
Known for Drosophila research
SpouseMargaret Anderson
Children3
AwardsMember of the National Academy of Sciences since 1987
Scientific career
Fields Evolutionary biology, genetics
Institutions University of Georgia
Thesis Studies on selection in natural and experimental populations of Drosophila pseudoobscura  (1966)
Academic advisors Theodosius Dobzhansky [1]

Wyatt Wheaton Anderson (March 27, 1939 - 11 November 2023 [2] ) [3] was an American geneticist and evolutionary biologist. [4] 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. [5] [6] He has been a member of the National Academy of Sciences since 1987, [7] and is also a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. [8]

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Research

Anderson is known for his research on the evolutionary genetics of Drosophila . [8] 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. [9] [10] [11]

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. Together, they have 3 children and 4 grandchildren [12]

References

  1. ↑ Olson, Randy (September 16, 2015). Houston, We Have a Narrative: Why Science Needs Story. University of Chicago Press. p. 82. ISBN   9780226270845.
  2. ↑ "Official Obituary of WYATT WHEATON ANDERSON". November 11, 2023.{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  3. ↑ "Wyatt W. Anderson". Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
  4. ↑ Vergano, Dan (April 8, 2013). "Size indeed matters, suggests male attractiveness study". USA TODAY. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
  5. ↑ Dendy, Larry (June 23, 2004). "Garnett Stokes named dean of UGA's Franklin College of Arts and Sciences". UGA Today. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
  6. ↑ Shearer, Lee (September 26, 2003). "Franklin College dean stepping down". Athens Banner-Herald. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Wyatt Anderson". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
  8. 1 2 "Wyatt Anderson". University of Georgia Department of Genetics. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
  9. ↑ Gowaty, Patricia Adair; Kim, Yong-Kyu; Anderson, Wyatt W. (July 17, 2012). "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.
  10. ↑ King, Barbara J. (December 13, 2012). "Promiscuous Males And Choosy Females? Challenging A Classic Experiment". NPR.org. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
  11. ↑ Keim, Brandon (July 10, 2012). "Classic study of animal sexuality challenges our traditional values". WIRED UK.
  12. ↑ "Met Opera star to join UGA faculty". Athens Banner-Herald. August 6, 2006. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
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