• DOI:10.1007/BF03195671
Corpus ID: 19919317

Darwin’s contributions to genetics

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

• Y. Liu, X. M. 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… Expand