Motoo Kimura
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 31 years ago |
| Date of birth | November 13,1924 |
| Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
| Born | Okazaki |
| Aichi | |
| Japan | |
| Date of died | November 13,1994 |
| Died | Shizuoka |
| Shizuoka | |
| Japan | |
| Known for | Neutral theory of molecular evolution |
| Other academic advisors | Jay Laurence Lush |
| Hitoshi Kihara | |
| Influenced by | Sewall Wright |
| Job | Biologist |
| Geneticist | |
| Education | Kyoto University |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison | |
| Iowa State University | |
| Books | The Neutral Theory of Molecular Evolution |
| Population Genetics, Molecular Evolution, and the Neutral Theory: Selected Papers | |
| Theoretical aspects of population genetics | |
| Introduction to Population Genetics | |
| New Aspects of the Genetics of Molecular Evolution | |
| Diffusion models in population genetics | |
| Awards | John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science |
| International Prize for Biology | |
| Spous | Hiroko Kimura |
| Thesi | Population Genetics |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 514531 |
Motoo Kimura Life story
Motoo Kimura was a Japanese biologist best known for introducing the neutral theory of molecular evolution in 1968. He became one of the most influential theoretical population geneticists.