Motoo Kimura

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Motoo Kimura was a pioneering Japanese population geneticist best known for proposing the neutral theory of molecular evolution.

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instanceOf Japanese scientist
evolutionary biologist
human
population geneticist
academicAdvisor Taku Komai
awardReceived Japan Academy Prize
Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences
Order of Culture (Japan)
linked to: Order of Culture
birthDate 1924-11-13
birthPlace Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
causeOfDeath amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
countryOfCitizenship Japan
deathDate 1994-11-13
developed Kimura two-parameter model of nucleotide substitution
doctoralAdvisor James F. Crow
educatedAt Kyoto Imperial University
linked to: Kyoto University

University of Wisconsin–Madison
employer National Institute of Genetics
fieldOfWork molecular evolution
population genetics
theoretical biology
gender male
influenced Masatoshi Nei
Tomoko Ohta
influencedBy J. B. S. Haldane
R. A. Fisher
linked to: Ronald A. Fisher

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knownFor Kimura two-parameter model
diffusion models in population genetics
neutral theory of molecular evolution
language Japanese
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Japan Academy
National Academy of Sciences of the United States
name Motoo Kimura
nativeName 木村資生
notableWork Molecular Evolutionary Clock
The Neutral Theory of Molecular Evolution
publication Kimura, M. (1968). Evolutionary rate at the molecular level. Nature.
Kimura, M. (1983). The Neutral Theory of Molecular Evolution. Cambridge University Press.
researchFocus molecular clock and substitution rates
stochastic processes in gene frequency change
theoryProposed nearly neutral theory of molecular evolution
neutral theory of molecular evolution
workLocation Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
linked to: Mishima, Shizuoka

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