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Kenneth Mather, PhD DSc

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Genetics Birmingham University, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom 
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Population Genetics
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Sir Kenneth Mather FRS (22 June 1911-20 March 1990) was a British geneticist. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1949, and won its Darwin Medal in 1964.He worked at John Innes Institute and Birmingham University, and collaborated with R A Fisher, C D Darlington, J L Jinks on quantitative genetics and Drosophila.

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Parents

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Cyril Dean Darlington grad student 1931-1933 John Innes Horticutural Institute
 (Based on information from "Kenneth Mather. 22 June 1911-20 March 1990" in "Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society")
Ronald A. Fisher research scientist 1934-1937 University College London (UCL), England, UK
 ('took up a lectureship at University College, London, under Sir Ronald A Fisher ' from ‘The Life of Sir Kenneth Mather’ by Brian Ford-Lloyd and Michael Kearsey from Genetics Society News (Issue 65, July 2011))

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John Ashworth Nelder research assistant 1951-1953 National Vegetable Research Station (MathTree)
John Leonard Jinks grad student Birmingham (Neurotree)
Michael Kearsey grad student University of Birmingham (UK)
Godfrey M. Hewitt grad student 1962-1965 Birmingham University

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MATHER K. (2003) The genetical basis of heterosis. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 144: 143-50
MATHER K. (2002) Polygenic mutation and variation in populations. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 145: 293-7
COOKE P, MATHER K. (1998) Estimating the components of continuous variation. II. Genetical. Heredity. 17: 211-36
Mather K. (1990) Consequences of stabilising selection for polygenic variation. II. Any number of loci Heredity. 65: 127-133
Caligari PDS, Mather K. (1988) Competitive interactions in drosophila melanogaster iv. chromosome assay Heredity. 60: 355-366
Mather K. (1987) Consequences of stabilising selection for polygenic variation. Heredity. 267-77
Caligari PDS, Mather K. (1984) Competitive interactions in Drosophila melanogaster III. Triocultures Heredity. 52: 255-264
Mather K, Hanks MJ. (1978) Genetics of coxal chaetae in drosophila melanogaster i. Variation in gene action Heredity. 40: 71-96
Mather K. (1978) Genetic variation and selective forces Nature. 272: 764-764
Gale JG, Mather K, Jinks JL. (1977) Joint scaling tests. Heredity. 38: 47-51
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