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George Ledyard Stebbins (* 6. Januar 1906 in Lawrence, New York; † 19. Januar 2000 in Davis, Kalifornien) war ein US-amerikanischer Botaniker, Genetiker und Evolutionsbiologe. Er war einer der Architekten der Synthetischen Evolutionstheorie, der den Teilbereich der Botanik abdeckte.
G. Ledyard Stebbins was an American botanist and geneticist who synthesized plant evolution with genetics and natural selection. He studied chromosomes, hybridization, polyploidy, and speciation in plants, and wrote the influential book Variation and Evolution in Plants.
6. Apr. 2000 · George Ledyard Stebbins - the scientist whose work on the genetics and evolutionary history of plants was central to formulating the modern synthesis of evolution.
- Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis
- bsmocovi@history.ufl.edu
- 2000
A profile of the botanist and evolutionary biologist who wrote Variation and Evolution in Plants, a classic book of the modern synthesis. Learn about his life, career, achievements, and personality traits from his colleagues and co-authors.
Learn about the American botanist and geneticist who applied the modern synthetic theory of evolution to plants and synthesized new species artificially. Find out his education, career, publications, and contributions to evolutionary botany.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
george ledyard stebbins was born on January 6, 1906, in the town of Lawrence, New York. He attended Harvard University, where he obtained an A.B. degree in 1928, an A.M. the same year, and a Ph.D. in biology in 1931.
Stebbins, George Ledyard, amerikan. Genetiker, *6.1.1906, †19.1.2000 Lawrence (N.Y.); 1931–35 Instructor für Biologie an der Colgate…
