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Hugo Marie de Vries (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦyɣoː də ˈvris]) (16 February 1848 – 21 May 1935) was a Dutch botanist and one of the first geneticists. He is known chiefly for suggesting the concept of genes , rediscovering the laws of heredity in the 1890s while apparently unaware of Gregor Mendel 's work, for introducing the term ...
May 17, 2024 · Hugo de Vries (born February 16, 1848, Haarlem, Netherlands—died May 21, 1935, near Amsterdam) was a Dutch botanist and geneticist who introduced the experimental study of organic evolution.
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Hugo de Vries, Carl Correns and Erich von Tschermak-Seysenegg were the three scientists who rediscovered Mendel's laws in 1900. They were all working independently on different plant hybrids, and came to the same conclusions about inheritance as Mendel.
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Learn about Hugo De Vries (1848–1935), a pioneer of plant physiology and evolutionary genetics. He discovered the segregation of characters in plants and proposed the mutation theory of evolution, based on his studies of Oenothera lamarckiana.
May 21, 2018 · Hugo de Vries (1848-1935) was a Dutch botanist who studied plant physiology and evolution. He was influenced by Darwin and Sachs, and discovered the phenomenon of mutation in plants.
Famous for his Mutation Theory of Descent. By D. T. MacDougal. November 1911 Issue. The Sciences.
Sep 6, 2011 · We have first indicated that the root of the currently burgeoning field of plant genomics goes back to Hugo de Vries, who proposed the mutation theory of evolution more than a century ago and that he unknowingly found the importance of polyploidy and chromosomal rearrangements in plant speciation.
