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Erich Tschermak, Edler von Seysenegg (15 November 1871 – 11 October 1962) was an Austrian agronomist who developed several new disease-resistant crops, including wheat-rye and oat hybrids. He was a son of the Moravia-born mineralogist Gustav Tschermak von Seysenegg.
Erich Tschermak von Seysenegg (born Nov. 15, 1871, Vienna, Austria—died Oct. 11, 1962, Vienna) was an Austrian botanist, one of the co-discoverers of Gregor Mendel’s classic papers on his experiments with the garden pea.
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Sep 4, 2019 · Learn about the life and work of Erich von Tschermak, one of the three scientists who rediscovered Gregor Mendel's principles of heredity in 1900. Explore his annotated book, his achievements, his controversies, and his legacy in the history of genetics.
Hugo de Vries, Carl Correns and Erich von Tschermak-Seysenegg were the three scientists who rediscovered Mendel's laws in 1900. They were all working independently on different plant hybrids, and came to the same conclusions about inheritance as Mendel.
Erich von Tschermak was an Austrian scientist who independently derived Mendel's laws of inheritance from his pea experiments. He also applied the laws of heredity to improve crop yields and became a professor of plant breeding.
Apr 22, 2013 · Erich von Tschermak was one of the three botanists who rediscovered Mendel's work in 1900. He confirmed Mendel's laws of inheritance in pea plants and gave them a physical context with cells and chromosomes.
Aug 2, 2012 · How did the Austrian botanist Erich von Tschermak-Seysenegg contribute to the beginning of classical genetics and the debate between Mendelians and biometricians in England? This article analyses his role, positions and sources based on newly accessible archive materials.
