Hugo de Vries

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Also Known As	Hugo Marie de Vries
Born	February 16, 1848 • Haarlem • Netherlands
Died	May 21, 1935 (aged 87) • near Amsterdam • Netherlands
Notable Works	“The Mutation Theory”
Subjects Of Study	Mendelian inheritance • evolution • mutation theory

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Gregor Mendel

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Edward Murray East

American scientist

Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen

Danish botanist and geneticist

Erich Tschermak von Seysenegg

Austrian botanist

Carl Erich Correns

German botanist

George Harrison Shull

American botanist

Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin

British naturalist

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

French biologist

Edith Rebecca Saunders

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Francisco J. Ayala

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American botanist

J.B.S. Haldane.

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