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Hugo de Vries
de Vries, Hugo Marie
de Vries, Hugo Marie (1848–1935) Dutch botanist, who became professor of botany at Amsterdam in 1878. He was the first to recognize the importance of genetic mutations in the evolution of living organisms. To investigate his theories of hereditary traits in plants, he began a series of plant breeding experiments in 1892. Within four years he had obtained evidence for the
segregation of characters in the offspring of crosses only to discover that
Mendel had published similar results 34 years earlier, which had been ignored.
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Does growth correlate with turgor-induced elastic strain in stems? A re-evaluation of de vries' classical experiments
Magazine article from: Plant Physiology; 4/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...biomechanics were laid. In 1877, Hugo de Vries established the mechanism of plasmolysis...turgor pressure. In his time, de Vries' conclusions were widely accepted...However, in his original work de Vries (1877) had argued that the apparent...
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Braam de Vries word 70.(Elke slot 'n weerbegin: Abraham H. de Vries 70)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Literator: Journal of Literary Criticism, comparative linguistics and literary studies; 8/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...letterkundige tande. Verder is Braam de Vries ook deel van daardie buitengewoon...Aucamp. Nou het Abraham H. de Vries 70 geword en sy vriende en kollegas...skrywersvriende met gedigte van Daniel Hugo, Lucas Malan en M.M. Walters...daardie spanning waaroor De Vries self so meesterlik skryf in...
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A Guinea pig's history of biology.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Clinical Investigation; 5/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...such as Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Hugo de Vries, studied visible traits in plants...Hieracium led great minds such as de Vries down a perplexing pathway. Eventually...to emerge. Scientists such as de Vries and Gregor Mendel found that meticulously...
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Synthetic turf dampens shocks.(Sports and leisure)
Newspaper article from: Advances in Textiles Technology; 6/1/2005; ; 585 words
; ...vary. [FIGURE 7 OMITTED] In US Patent 6 753 049, Hugo De Vries says synthetic playing surfaces are usually made with...information, see: US Patent 6 753 049, or contact: Hugo De Vries, Ringdijk 430, NL-2984 GS Ridderkerk, The Netherlands...
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Book reviews: Nature Via Nurture: More proof that nurture is only human nature
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 4/5/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...begin his chapter on the seven meanings of "gene" with Hugo de Vries rather than Mendel. This should help to redress the massive...though he does repeat the common misconception that De Vries merely "rediscovered" the laws of inheritance that Mendel...
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Natural gold dust.(Review)
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England); 3/31/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...begin his chapter on the seven meanings of "gene" with Hugo de Vries rather than Mendel. This should help to redress the massive...though he does repeat the common misconception that De Vries merely " rediscovered" the laws of inheritance that Mendel...
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Reviews: Fruit flies like a banana
Newspaper article from: Scotland on Sunday; 3/18/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...for example, could eyes ever have evolved? In 1901, Hugo de Vries offered the "mutation theory", suggesting new traits...then the Fly Room worked a treat." In a bid to prove De Vries's mutation theory, Morgan subjected his flies to...
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A fine short course on the evolution of evolution
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 4/16/1989; ; 700+ words
; ...contemporary of Darwin who worked with peas and discovered the variability of traits. Others are less familiar. There's Hugo de Vries, the Dutch plant physiologist who found that mutations in primroses altered their traits. What caused mutations...
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Field Museum puts catalog of 40,000 books online Collection gives colorful glimpse into history of science
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 10/8/2002; ; 678 words
; ...Williams said, peering through glasses perched on his nose and reaching for a 1912 volume on evolution by Dutch botanist Hugo de Vries. The bookplate says: "From the Library of Clarence Darrow." Williams smiled. "I always figured he acquired this...
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A brief history of medical diagnosis and the birth of the clinical laboratory, Part 5a--the foundation of molecular science and genetics.(Editorial)(Cover story)
Magazine article from: Medical Laboratory Observer; 9/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...s work was "rediscovered," arousing much controversy. Linked in this confused rediscovery, European scientists Hugo de Vries, Carl Correns, and Erich von Tschermak brought Mendel's early theory of heredity to light. Despite a number of...
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Hugo de Vries
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Hugo de Vries The botanist Hugo de Vries (1848-1935) worked in the fields of heredity and its relation to the origin of species, developing a mutation theory. He also brought the earlier work of Gregor Mendel to the attention of the scientific...
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De Vries, Hugo
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
De Vries, Hugo (1848–1935) Dutch botanist. De Vries introduced the concept of mutation into the study of genetics . He wrote The Mutation Theory (1901–03), which influenced concepts of the role of mutation in evolution.
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de Vries, Hugo Marie
Book article from: A Dictionary of Biology
de Vries, Hugo Marie (1848–1935) Dutch botanist, who became professor of botany at Amsterdam in 1878. He was the first to recognize...
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Gates, Reginald Ruggles
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...biologists several years earlier, when Hugo de Vries discussed the genus in announcing the discovery of genetic mutations. De Vries had noticed several strikingly variant...had long plagued biologists, de Vries had thus demonstrated the occurrence...
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Heredity
Book article from: Science of Everyday Things
...Then, in 1900, the Dutch botanist Hugo De Vries (1848-1935) discovered Mendel...further. Unlike the Austrian monk, De Vries believed that genetic changes occur...which contains something neither De Vries nor Mendel understood: deoxyribonucleic...
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