Random Sampling, Offspring Distribution, and Genetic Drift
(with Alirio Rosales)- Philosophy of Biology at Madison [Website]
- University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA, June 1-3, 2012
Roles of Models in Population Genetics: Sewall Wright's Analysis of the Linanthus Data
- International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology [Website]
- University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA, July 10-15, 2011
- (Part of a symposium on Population Genetics as a Multidimensional Scientific Discipline, which I co-organized with Alirio Rosales)
The Origins of F-statistics: Sewall Wright and Gustave Malécot on Inbreeding and Relationship
- Philosophy of Science Association [Website]
- Montreal, Canada, November 4-6, 2010
- (Part of a symposium on Sewall Wright's F-statistics: Measurement of Biological Population Structure and its Causes)
Sewall Wright's Analysis of the Distribution of Flower Color in Linanthus parryae, 1941-1978
- International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology
- Emmanuel College, Brisbane, Australia, July 12-16, 2009
The Danger of Taking a Population Genetic Model Too Seriously (and Too Literally)
- Models and Simulations 3 [Website]
- University of Virginia, USA, March 6-8, 2009
Sewall Wright and Gustave Malécot on Isolation by Distance
- Philosophy of Science Association
- Pittsburgh, PA, USA, November 6-9, 2008
The Optimality Argument for the 3/4-Power Scaling Law in Ecology
- Pitt-Paris I. Adaptations in Biology and in Psychology [Website]
- Institut d'Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des Techniques, Paris, France, June 4-5, 2008
Patterns, Models, and Predictions: Defending Robert MacArthur's Approach to Ecology
- Philosophy of Science Association
- Vancouver, BC, Canada, November 2-5, 2006