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Ralph Erskine Cleland (20 October 1892 – 11 June 1971) was an American botanist. In 1947, he was the President of the Botanical Society of America. He was also a professor at the Department of Botany at Indiana University.
Ralph Erskine Cleland | |
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| Known for | genetics of the plant genus Oenothera |
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| Fields | botany |
| Institutions | Indiana University |
Cleland's most seminal field of research concerned the genetics of the plant genus Oenothera.[1][2] He discovered the structures of linked rings of meiotic chromosomes (not to be confused with ring chromosomes)[3] that, by their interference with functions such as chromosomal crossover explained the unusual genetics and reproduction of plants in the genus Oenothera.[4][5]
He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1932 and both the United States National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1942.[6][7]
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