UCL Discovery

Abstract

Sewall Wright taught throughout his long career. Between 1926-1955, he worked at the University of Chicago. During this time, he developed and taught both undergraduate and graduate courses. By the early 1930s, Wright’s teaching load settled into a core set of four courses: Fundamental Genetics (Zoology 310), Biometry (311), Physiological Genetics (312), and Evolution (313). The notes reproduced here were written by a student attending three of Wright's core courses during 1951-1952. Robert E. Sloan, a master’s student with an interest in paleontology and evolution, wrote these notes. These lecture notes derive from Wright’s Fundamental Genetics (Zoology 310), as presented in January-March 1952.