E. B. Babcock
Ernest Brown Babcock | |
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| Born | July 10, 1877 |
| Died | December 8, 1954 |
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| Fields | Botany |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley |
| Doctoral students | Marion Elizabeth Stilwell Cave |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Babc |
Ernest Brown Babcock (July 10, 1877 – December 8, 1954) was an American
polyploid apomictic genus Crepis, in which he recognize 196 species.[2] He published more than 100 articles and books explaining plant genetics, including the seminal textbook (with Roy Elwood Clausen) Genetics in Relation to Agriculture.[3] The standard author abbreviation Babc. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4] He instructed Marion Elizabeth Stilwell Cave.[5]
References
- PMID 20077617.
- George Ledyard Stebbins (1958). "Ernest Brown Babcock, 1877–1954: A biographical memoir"(PDF). National Academy of Sciences.
- ^ Babcock, E.B.; Clausen, R.E. (1918). Genetics in relation to agriculture. McGraw-Hill.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Babc.
- ISSN 0024-9637.
Publications
- Carey, C.W. 2000. Babcock, Ernest Brown. American National Biography Online. Oxford University Press
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