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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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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.
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Sep 19, 2017 · Carl Correns (1864-1933) was a German botanist and geneticist who discovered the principles of heredity and rediscovered Mendel's paper on that subject. He also studied cytoplasmic inheritance, sex determination, and variegated leaf color. Learn about his life, research, and achievements in this blog post.
Apr 22, 2013 · Carl Correns was one of the three botanists who independently rediscovered Mendel's work in 1900, confirming the laws of inheritance of the Mendelian system. He worked on different plant hybrids and announced his results in the same year as Mendel's papers were published.
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 Correns was a German botanist who rediscovered Mendel's laws of inheritance in 1900. He was influenced by his mentor Carl Nägeli, who knew Mendel personally, and he was one of the first to restate Mendel's law of segregation and law of independent assortment.
