Hans Winkler Explained

Hans Karl Albert Winkler (23 April 1877 in Oschatz – 22 November 1945 in, Dresden)[1] was a German botanist. From 1912 on, he was Professor of Botany at the University of Hamburg, and a director of that university's Institute of Botany. Winkler coined the term 'heteroploidy' in 1916. He is remembered for coining the term 'genome' in 1920,[2] by making a portmanteau of the words gene and chromosome.[3] He wrote:

German: Ich schlage vor, für den haploiden Chromosomensatz, der im Verein mit dem zugehörigen Protoplasma die materielle Grundlage der systematischen Einheit darstellt den Ausdruck: das Genom zu verwenden ...

This may be translated as: "I propose the expression Genom for the haploid chromosome set, which, together with the pertinent protoplasm, specifies the material foundations of the species ..."[4] Among his experiments was the discovery of chimeras (also chimaeras) by grafting a black Nightshade and tomato plant and observing a shoot which displayed characteristics of both plants.

Winkler also worked at the University of Naples, in Italy, where he researched the physiology of the alga Bryopsis.[5]

In 1903/04, he traveled around the world, visiting Ceylon, Java, Australia, New Zealand, Samoa and North America and later Borneo in 1924/25.

He joined the NSDAP in 1937.[6]

Works

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: 1957 . Winkler, Hans . . . 16 . 537.
  2. Book: Verbreitung und Ursache der Parthenogenesis im Pflanzen - und Tierreiche. Verlag Fischer, Jena. 1920. Hans Winkler.
  3. Web site: Genome News Network glossary.
  4. Joshua Lederberg and Alexa T. McCray . 'Ome Sweet 'Omics -- A Genealogical Treasury of Words . . 15 . 7 . 2001 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060929175954/http://lhncbc.nlm.nih.gov/lhc/docs/published/2001/pub2001047.pdf . 2006-09-29 .
  5. Web site: The history of the Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Napoli. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20060508035820/http://www.szn.it/acty99web/acty014.htm. 2006-05-08.
  6. [Ernst Klee]