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Correspondence between Jack King
and Theodosius Dobzhansky, 1970.
This fascinating set of letters
centers on a comment that Dobzhansky made to King at a conference
regarding King's belief in the reality of non-Darwinian evolution. In
addition to the highly detailed scientific minutiae that scientists
regularly discuss amongst themselves, one feels a real appreciation for
the personal relationship between these two men. In the first letter
King defends his belief in non-Darwinian evolution by outlining and
critiquing the four "legs" upon which it has rested. Towards the end of
the letter, King also describes what he teaches his students about the
personality clashes that dominated the classical/balance controversy.
Dobzhansky opens his reply by telling King that he only meant to say
that King was not "constrained" by his belief in non-Darwinian
evolution, unlike others such as Crow and Kimura. He then goes on to
explain that he has never been a "hyperselectionist" and that the
problem of selection vs. drift has had a long history that proponents
of non-Darwian evolution ignore. He then explains why he thinks that
the four legs upon which non-Darwinian evolution rests seem to be "very
shaky." In the third letter in this series, King responds to
Dobzhansky's critique that the apparent Poisson distribution of amino
acid changes in various proteins (one of the legs) is problematic. He
then discusses various cases in which it appears that proteins have
changed at different rates throughout evolutionary history. He
concludes with a discussion of the mut-T and the different predictions
that emerge from Darwinian and non-Darwinian theories of evolution.
Transcript of 1963 Macy
Conference
The Fifth Macy Conference on
Genetics, held November 3-6, 1963 at Princeton University, brought
together several well-known geneticists of that time period to discuss
important issues in population genetics. This conference took place
just before the emergence of the field of molecular evolution.
Attendees included: Walter Bodmer, James Crow, Everett Dempster,
Theodosius Dobzhansky, L.C. Dunn, Barry Falconer, Dick Lewontin, Howard
Levene, H.J. Muller, James Neel, Bruce Wallace, and Jack Schull, among
others. The format of the conference was short individual presentations
followed by an informal free-for-all discussion. Fortunately, a
stenographer was present throughout the conference to preserve the
interactions of these scientists. We have posted the entire transcript,
dividing it up by sessions. Although we have only listed the paper
titles, there is extensive discussion and debate among the scientists
recorded throughout the transcript. (To get to the Table of Contents,
click on the heading above.)
Scientists in Open War over
"Neutral Theory"
This page was written by Michael Dietrich and Jay
Aronson. It was last updated on 27 March 2003.
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