Ernest Brown Babcock (July 10, 1877 – December 8, 1954) was an American plantgeneticist who pioneered the understanding of plant evolution in terms of genetics.[1] He is particularly known for seeking to understand by field investigations and extensive experiments, the entire polyploidapomictic 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 abbreviationBabc. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4] He instructed Marion Elizabeth Stilwell Cave.[5]
References
^Smocovitis, V.B. (2009). "The "Plant Drosophila": E. B. Babcock, the genus Crepis, and the evolution of a genetics research program at Berkeley, 1915–1947". Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences. 39 (3): 300–355. doi:10.1525/hsns.2009.39.3.300. PMID20077617.
