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Ronald Aylmer Fisher

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R.A. Fisher started his academic life as an astronomer before turning to genetics. His mathematical and statistical analysis provided part of the foundation for uniting the ideas of Darwin and Gregor Mendel.

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Links...

• Fisher exact 2x2 test
• Mathematics and Biology
• Neo-Darwinism
• Biology
• J.B.S. Haldane

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Links to other sites...

• Fisher
• Ronald Aylmer Fisher
• Encyclopędia Britannica | article page
• R. A. Fisher
• Lefalophodon: R. A. Fisher
• R.A. Fisher and the Making of Maximum Likelihood 1912-22.
• COPSS Awards
• bibliography: linkage algorithms
• likelihood
• Why do some birds have long tails
• History of the Indian Statistical Institute

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