William B. Provine

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

William B. Provine is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, William B. Provine has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in History and Philosophy of Science, 6 papers in Genetics and 3 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in William B. Provine's work include Evolution and Science Education (6 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (4 papers) and Plant and animal studies (3 papers). William B. Provine is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Science Education (6 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (4 papers) and Plant and animal studies (3 papers). William B. Provine collaborates with scholars based in United States and Poland. William B. Provine's co-authors include Ernst Mayr, David L. Hull, Michael J Simmons, Hamilton Cravens, Sewall Wright, Richard C Lewontin, Theodosius Dobzhansky, John A. Moore, Edward J. Larson and Bruce Wallace and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Genetics and Evolution.

In The Last Decade

William B. Provine

24 papers receiving 2.1k citations

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The Evolutionary Synthesis: Perspectives on the Unification of Biology

1980 374 citations Ernst Mayr, William B. Provine Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →

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Robert N. Brandon United States

Richard M. Burian United States

Samir Okasha United Kingdom

Marion J. Lamb United Kingdom

Jane Maienschein United States

B. C. Goodwin United Kingdom

Marc Ereshefsky Canada

Jan Sapp Canada

Alan C. Love United States

M.W. Feldman United States

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Provine, William B., et al.. (2008). Evolución, religión y libre albedrío. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 32(377). 80–84.

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Provine, William B., et al.. (2007). Evolution, Religion and Free Will. American Scientist. 95(4). 294–294. 13 indexed citations

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Provine, William B., et al.. (2007). Evolution, Religion and Free Will. American Scientist. 95(4). 294–294. 10 indexed citations

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Provine, William B.. (2001). The origins of theoretical population genetics : with a new afterword. University of Chicago Press eBooks. 20 indexed citations

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Provine, William B.. (1991). Alfred Henry Sturtevant and crosses between Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila simulans.. Genetics. 129(1). 1–5. 25 indexed citations

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Provine, William B.. (1991). Mechanisms of Speciation: A Review. 201–214. 2 indexed citations

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Provine, William B.. (1990). Population genetics. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. 52(1-2). 201–207. 3 indexed citations

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Tobey, Ronald C. & William B. Provine. (1988). Sewall Wright and the Research Agenda of Population Genetics. Reviews in American History. 16(1). 79–79.

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Simmons, Michael J & William B. Provine. (1988). Sewall Wright and Evolutionary Biology. The Journal of Higher Education. 59(4). 473–473. 290 indexed citations

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Taylor, L. R. & William B. Provine. (1987). Sewall Wright and Evolutionary Biology. Journal of Animal Ecology. 56(2). 720–720. 2 indexed citations

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Provine, William B. & Edward J. Larson. (1987). Trial and Error: The American Controversy over Creation and Evolution. Academe. 73(1). 50–50. 18 indexed citations

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Provine, William B.. (1986). Geneticists and Race. American Zoologist. 26(3). 857–888. 30 indexed citations

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Provine, William B.. (1982). Influence of Darwin's Ideas on the Study of Evolution. BioScience. 32(6). 501–506. 4 indexed citations

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Wright, Sewall, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Richard C Lewontin, et al.. (1982). Dobzhansky's Genetics of Natural Populations, I-XLIII. Evolution. 36(5). 1102–1102. 56 indexed citations

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Mayr, Ernst & William B. Provine. (1981). The Evolutionary Synthesis. Bulletin of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 34(8). 17–17. 180 indexed citations

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Provine, William B., et al.. (1980). The Evolutionary Synthesis. Harvard University Press eBooks. 306 indexed citations

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Mayr, Ernst & William B. Provine. (1980). The Evolutionary Synthesis: Perspectives on the Unification of Biology. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 374 indexed citations breakdown →

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Provine, William B.. (1977). Role of Mathematical Population Geneticists in the Evolutionary Synthesis of the 1930’s and 40’s. PubMed. 2. 2–31. 23 indexed citations

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Provine, William B.. (1973). Geneticists and the Biology of Race Crossing. Science. 182(4114). 790–796. 65 indexed citations

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Provine, William B. & David L. Hull. (1972). The Origins of Theoretical Population Genetics.. Systematic Zoology. 21(1). 132–132. 330 indexed citations

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