Darwin-L Message Log 2:57 (October 1993)

Academic Discussion on the History and Theory of the Historical Sciences

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<2:57>From mayerg@cs.uwp.edu  Mon Oct 11 09:55:36 1993

Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1993 09:55:18 -0500 (CDT)
From: Gregory Mayer <mayerg@cs.uwp.edu>
Subject: Re: The term "locus"
To: darwin-l@ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu

	A further note on the origin of the term locus: I have just found
a usage predating Wright (1941): R.A. Fisher, _The Genetical Theory of
Natural Selection_ (1930. Oxford University Press).

Gregory C. Mayer
mayerg@cs.uwp.edu

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