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Ernest Brown Babcock (July 10, 1877 – December 8, 1954) was an American plant geneticist who pioneered the under

Ernest Brown Babcock
BornJuly 10, 1877
DiedDecember 8, 1954
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Berkeley
Doctoral studentsMarion Elizabeth Stilwell Cave
Author abbrev. (botany)Babc

standing of plant evolution in terms of genetics.[1] He is particularly known for seeking to understand by field investigations and extensive experiments, the entire polyploid apomictic genus Crepis, in which he recognize 196 species.[2] He published more than 100 articles and books explaining plant genetics, including the seminal textbook (with Roy Elwood Clausen) Genetics in Relation to Agriculture.[3] The standard author abbreviation Babc. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4] He instructed Marion Elizabeth Stilwell Cave.[5]

References

  1. ^ Smocovitis, V.B. (2009). "The "Plant Drosophila": E. B. Babcock, the genus Crepis, and the evolution of a genetics research program at Berkeley, 1915–1947". Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences. 39 (3): 300–355. doi:10.1525/hsns.2009.39.3.300. PMID 20077617.
  2. ^ George Ledyard Stebbins (1958). "Ernest Brown Babcock, 1877–1954: A biographical memoir" (PDF). National Academy of Sciences.
  3. ^ Babcock, E.B.; Clausen, R.E. (1918). Genetics in relation to agriculture. McGraw-Hill.
  4. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Babc.
  5. ^ Kaplan, Donald R.; Constance, Lincoln; Ornduff, Robert (1997). "Marion Stilwell Cave (1904-1995)". Madroño. 44 (2): 211–213. ISSN 0024-9637.

Publications

  • Carey, C.W. 2000. Babcock, Ernest Brown. American National Biography Online. Oxford University Press


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