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Richard Goldschmidt | |
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 In his laboratory | |
| Born | April 12, 1878 Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
| Died | April 24, 1958 (aged 80) |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | University of Heidelberg |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | genetics |
| Doctoral advisor | Otto Bütschli |
Richard Benedict Goldschmidt (April 12, 1878 – April 24, 1958) was a German geneticist. He is considered the first to attempt to integrate genetics, development, and evolution.[1] He pioneered understanding of reaction norms, genetic assimilation, dynamical genetics, sex determination, and heterochrony.[2] Controversially, Goldschmidt advanced a model of macroevolution through macromutations popularly known as the "Hopeful Monster" hypothesis.[3]
Goldschmidt also described the nervous system of the nematode, a piece of work that influenced Sydney Brenner to study the "wiring diagram" of Caenorhabditis elegans,[4] winning Brenner and his colleagues the Nobel Prize in 2002.
- ^ Hall, B. K. (2001), "Commentary", American Zoologist, 41 (4): 1049–1051, doi:10.1668/0003-1569(2001)041[1049:C]2.0.CO;2
- ^ Dietrich, Michael R. (2003). Richard Goldschmidt: hopeful monsters and other 'heresies.' Nature Reviews Genetics 4 (Jan.): 68-74.
- ^ Gould, S. J. (1977). "The Return of Hopeful Monsters." Natural History 86 (June/July): 24, 30.
- ^ Rodney Cotterill Enchanted Looms: Conscious Networks in Brains and Computers 2000, p. 185
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