Gabriel Dover

Gabriel Dover
Born
Gabriel A. Dover

(1937-12-13)13 December 1937
Died1 April 2018(2018-04-01) (aged 80)
Education
Known forMolecular drive
Scientific career
Institutions
ThesisThe genetics and function of the meiotic pairing-control systems in the triticinae (1972)
Doctoral advisorRalph Riley
Doctoral students

Gabriel A. Dover (13 December 1937 – 1 April 2018) was a British geneticist, best known for coining the term molecular drive in 1982 to describe a putative third evolutionary force operating distinctly from natural selection and genetic drift.