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Carl Erich Correns (19 September 1864 [2] – 14 February 1933) was a German botanist and geneticist notable primarily for his independent discovery of the principles of heredity, which he achieved simultaneously but independently of the botanist Hugo de Vries, and for his acknowledgment of Gregor Mendel 's earlier paper on that subject.
- 14 February 1933 (aged 68), Berlin, Germany
Carl Erich Correns (born September 19, 1864, Munich—died February 14, 1933, Berlin) was a German botanist and geneticist who in 1900, independent of, but simultaneously with, the biologists Erich Tschermak von Seysenegg and Hugo de Vries, rediscovered Gregor Mendel’s historic paper outlining the principles of heredity.
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Apr 22, 2013 · DeVries, Correns and Tschermak independently rediscover Mendel's work. Three botanists - Hugo DeVries, Carl Correns and Erich von Tschermak - independently rediscovered Mendel's work in the same year, a generation after Mendel published his papers. They helped expand awareness of the Mendelian laws of inheritance in the scientific world.
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Carl Correns (1864-1933) Carl Correns was born in Münich, Germany, and was orphaned at an early age. He was raised by his aunt in Switzerland. In 1885, he entered the University of Münich to study botany. Carl Nägeli, the botanist to whom Mendel wrote to about his pea plant experiments, was no longer lecturing at Münich.
Sep 19, 2017 · Learn about Carl Correns, who rediscovered Mendel's laws of inheritance and studied cytoplasmic and sex inheritance in plants. Find out his biography, achievements, awards and publications.
Dec 4, 2013 · Carl Erich Correns (1864–1933) is remembered in the annals of science as one of the three botanists who re-discovered Mendel’s laws. He can also, however, be regarded as one of the founding figures of classical genetics in Germany. Between 1894 and 1899 he carried out the crossing experiments with corn and peas that led to the re-statement of Gregor Mendel’s (1822–1884) results ...
Carl Erich Correns (19 September 1864 – 14 February 1933) was a German botanist and geneticist notable primarily for his independent discovery of the principles of heredity, which he achieved simultaneously but independently of the botanist Hugo de Vries, and for his acknowledgment of Gregor Mendel 's earlier paper on that subject.
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