Punnett, Reginald Crundall

Peter J Bowler, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, UK

Published online: April 2001

DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002459

1875–1967 British geneticist who applied Mendel's laws to animal breeding and to the study of evolution.

Keywords: genetics; mendelism; mutations; mimicry; animal breeding

 Further Reading
    book Punnett RC (1905) Mendelism. Cambridge: Macmillan and Bowes.
    book Punnett RC (1915) Mimicry in Butterflies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
    book Punnett RC (1923) Heredity in Poultry. London: Macmillan.
    book Gillispie CC (ed.) (1970–1980) Dictionary of Scientific Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
    book Olby RC (1985) The Origins of Mendelism, 2nd edn. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
    book Provine WB (1971) The Origin of Theoretical Population Genetics. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Related Sub-Topics:

Biographies
Contact Editor close
Submit a note to the editor about this article by filling in the form below.

* Required Field

Article Title: Punnett, Reginald Crundall
 
How to Cite close
Bowler, Peter J(Apr 2001) Punnett, Reginald Crundall. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0002459]