• DOI:10.1007/BF03195671
Corpus ID: 19919317

Darwin’s contributions to genetics

@article{Liu2010DarwinsCT,
  title={Darwin’s contributions to genetics},
  author={Yanhong Liu and Xiao min Zhou and Miaochan Zhi and Xiao-jin Li and Q. L. Wang},
  journal={Journal of Applied Genetics},
  year={2010},
  volume={50},
  pages={177-184}
}

Yanhong Liu, Xiao min Zhou, +2 authors Q. L. Wang

Published 2010

Medicine, Biology

Journal of Applied Genetics

Darwin’s contributions to evolutionary biology are well known, but his contributions to genetics are much less known. His main contribution was the collection of a tremendous amount of genetic data, and an attempt to provide a theoretical framework for its interpretation. Darwin clearly described almost all genetic phenomena of fundamental importance, such as prepotency (Mendelian inheritance), bud variation (mutation), heterosis, reversion (atavism), graft hybridization (Michurinian… CONTINUE READING

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