Tomoko Ohta

Tomoko Ohta
太田 朋子, Ōta Tomoko
Tomoko Ohta
Born
原田 朋子, Harada Tomoko

(1933-09-07) 7 September 1933 (age 91)
Miyoshi, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Alma materNorth Carolina State University
University of Tokyo
Known forDevelopment of neutral theory of molecular evolution, and nearly neutral theory
SpouseYasuo Ohta (m.1960-1972)
AwardsJapan Academy Prize (1985)
Weldon Memorial Prize (1986)
Crafoord Prize (2015)
Japan's Order of Culture (2016)
Scientific career
FieldsEvolutionary biology
genetics
InstitutionsNational Institute of Genetics
North Carolina State University
Kihara Institute for Biological Research
Doctoral advisorKen-Ichi Kojima
Other academic advisorsMotoo Kimura
Hitoshi Kihara

Tomoko Ohta (太田 朋子, Ōta Tomoko, born Tomoko Harada 原田 朋子[1] 7 September 1933, Miyoshi, Aichi) is a Japanese scientist and Professor Emeritus of the National Institute of Genetics. Ohta works on population genetics/molecular evolution and is known for developing the nearly neutral theory of evolution.

Ohta has received many awards, including Japan's Order of Culture (2016). In 2015, Ohta and Richard Lewontin were jointly awarded the Crafoord Prize "for their pioneering analyses and fundamental contributions to the understanding of genetic polymorphism".[2][3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Jones was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "The Crafoord Prize in Biosciences 2015". Crafoord Prize. 14 January 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  3. ^ Söderström, Bo (April 2015). "Discovery of genetic polymorphism: Richard Lewontin and Tomoko Ohta awarded the Crafoord Prize in Biosciences 2015" (PDF). Ambio. 44 (3): 165. doi:10.1007/s13280-015-0640-1. PMC 4357622. PMID 25712534. Retrieved 28 February 2023.