BIOLOGIST

Motoo Kimura

1924 - 1994

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Motoo Kimura (木村 資生, Kimura Motō) (November 13, 1924 – November 13, 1994) was a Japanese biologist best known for introducing the neutral theory of molecular evolution in 1968. He became one of the most influential theoretical population geneticists. He is remembered in genetics for his innovative use of diffusion equations to calculate the probability of fixation of beneficial, deleterious, or neutral alleles. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Motoo Kimura has received more than 156,508 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Motoo Kimura is the 333rd most popular biologist (down from 300th in 2019), the 726th most popular biography from Japan (down from 696th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Japanese Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Motoo Kimura ranks 333 out of 1,097. Before him are Philibert Commerson, Auguste Chevalier, Alexander von Nordmann, Leizu, George Ord, and Hermann Burmeister. After him are Craig Venter, Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov, Esther Lederberg, Jacob Christian Schäffer, David Bruce, and Carl Sigismund Kunth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Motoo Kimura ranks 151. Before him are William Auld, Grégoire Kayibanda, Shintaro Abe, S. N. Goenka, M. Karunanidhi, and Luigi Musso. After him are Daniel Inouye, Zizi Jeanmaire, Franco Cristaldi, Claude Lefort, Walter Gotell, and Eduardo Fajardo. Among people deceased in 1994, Motoo Kimura ranks 124. Before him are Woody Strode, Giovanni Spadolini, Manfred Wörner, Claude Akins, Derek Jarman, and Zail Singh. After him are Stephen Cole Kleene, Dean Rusk, John Edward Williams, Frederick Copleston, Billy Wright, and Joe Pass.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Motoo Kimura ranks 726 out of 6,245. Before him are Yamamoto Kansuke (1493), Isamu Chō (1895), Shigeo Shingo (1909), Masami Kurumada (1953), Fukusaburo Harada (null), and Ikki Kita (1883). After him are Takao Nishiyama (1942), Masabumi Hosono (1870), Taisen Deshimaru (1914), Harukichi Hyakutake (1888), Tanzan Ishibashi (1884), and Donald Tsang (1944).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Japan

Among biologists born in Japan, Motoo Kimura ranks 5. Before him are Yoshinori Ohsumi (1945), Susumu Tonegawa (1939), Tomitaro Makino (1862), and Hideyo Noguchi (1876). After him are Katsuko Saruhashi (1920), Takenoshin Nakai (1882), Akira Miyawaki (1928), Tsuneko Okazaki (1933), Jinzō Matsumura (1856), Akira Endo (1933), and Bunzō Hayata (1874).

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