Carl Correns

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Carl Correns was a German botanist and geneticist who was one of the three scientists credited with independently rediscovering Gregor Mendel’s foundational work on heredity around 1900.

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instanceOf botanist
geneticist
human
university teacher
coRediscovererOf Mendel's laws of inheritance
linked to: Mendel's laws
coRediscovererWith Erich von Tschermak
Hugo de Vries
countryOfCitizenship German Empire
Germany
dateOfBirth 1864-09-19
dateOfDeath 1933-02-14
discovered cytoplasmic inheritance in plants
educatedAt University of Munich
University of Tübingen
employer Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Biology
University of Leipzig
University of Tübingen
era early 20th century science
late 19th century science
familyName Correns
fieldOfWork botany
genetics
plant genetics
givenName Carl
hasAcademicDiscipline experimental genetics
languageOfWorkOrName German
memberOf Kaiser Wilhelm Society
Prussian Academy of Sciences
name Carl Correns
notableFor independent rediscovery of Mendel's laws of heredity
research on heredity in plants
work on cytoplasmic inheritance
work on variegated leaf coloration in plants
notableWork publications on Mendelian inheritance in plants
placeOfBirth Kingdom of Prussia
linked to: Prussia

Münster
placeOfDeath Berlin
Germany
positionHeld director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Biology
sexOrGender male
studied Mendelian inheritance
Mirabilis jalapa variegation
Pisum sativum hybrids
hybridization in plants
workLocation Berlin
Leipzig
Tübingen

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Mendel's laws rediscoveredBy Carl Correns
Carl Correns name Carl Correns