Arne Müntzing
Arne Müntzing (born March 2, 1902 in Gothenburg , † January 7, 1984 in Lund ) was a Swedish geneticist.
Müntzing received his doctorate in 1930 at Lund University (as a student of the pioneer of genetics in Sweden, Herman Nilsson-Ehle ) and was there from 1938 to 1968 as the successor to Nilsson-Ehle Professor of Genetics. His successor at the chair in Lund was Åke Gustafsson .
In the 1930s, Müntzing experimented with the multiplication of chrosomes in plants ( polyploidy ). He was the first in 1930 to genetically “create” another already existing species from existing species. He crossed the naturally occurring Galeopsis pubescens ( soft-haired hollow tooth ) and Galeopsis speciosa ( colorful hollow tooth ), both diploid, doubled the chromosome set and received a plant that corresponded to the tetraploid common hollow tooth . Müntzing mainly dealt with the genetics of legumes. His 1953 textbook on genetics was a standard work in Sweden.
In 1936 he became a member of the Leopoldina . In 1938 he became a member of the Physiographical Society in Lund, in 1945 the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and in 1949 the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences .
In 1959 he received the Darwin badge .
Fonts
- The evolutionary significance of autopolyploidy, Hereditas 1936
- Ärftlighetsforskning, 1953 (genetic research)
- German translation: Heredity. Methods and results, Stuttgart: G. Fischer 1958 (translated by Diter von Wettstein )
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Member entry of Arne Müntzing at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on October 22, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Müntzing, Arne |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish geneticist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 2, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gothenburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 7th January 1984 |
| Place of death | Lund |