Gabriel Dover
Gabriel Dover | |
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| Born | Gabriel A. Dover 13 December 1937 |
| Died | 1 April 2018 (aged 80) |
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| Known for | Molecular drive |
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| Thesis | The genetics and function of the meiotic pairing-control systems in the triticinae (1972) |
| Doctoral advisor | Ralph Riley |
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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.