C. D. Darlington

Cyril Dean Darlington ( born December 19, 1903 in Chorley ( Lancashire ), † 26 March 1981 Oxford ) was an English botanist and geneticist. He discovered the crossover of chromosomes and recognized its importance for evolution. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " CDDarl. ".

Life and work

1946 Darlington president of the Royal Genetic Society. From 1953 he was a professor at Oxford University and director of the botanical garden.

Darlington authored important writings to Cytology, Genetics and Evolution, in which he examined the significance of the chromosomes for the evolution and the interplay of mutation and selection.

In 1940 he was elected as a member ( "Fellow" ) to the Royal Society, in 1946, the Royal Medal awarded him. In 1951, he became a foreign member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei in Rome.

Works

• The handling of chromosomes (1943, 5th edition 1970, German methods of chromosome analysis )
• Elements of genetics (1949 )
• Genes, plants, and people ( 1950 K. Mather )
• The facts of life (1952, German Laws of Life)
• Chromosome botany (1956, German chromosome Botany)
• The chromosome atlas of flowering plants ( 1956 AP Wylie )
• Evolution of genetic systems ( 3rd edition 1958)