Fisher, Wright and evolution of dominance

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Robert Skipper has an enormous post on R.A. Fisher & Sewall Wright’s theories of dominance. I think Wright was more in the right on this issue, remember, it is easier to break (lose function) than make (gain function).

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  1. I have never understood why Fisher was so attached to his theory of dominance – it was a nice idea, but always a long shot. IIRC Haldane’s theory was much the same as Wright’s – and I think Haldane derived it from William Bateson. But I haven’t checked any of this.

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