What is Hugo de Vries?
[[Image:Hugo de Vries.jpg|thumb|Hugo de Vries, ca. 1907]] '''Hugo Marie de Vries''' ([[Haarlem]], 16 February 1848 – [[Gelderland|Lunteren]], 21 May 1935) was a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[botanist]] and one of the first geneticists. He suggested the concept of [[gene]]s, rediscovered [[Gregor Mendel]]'s [[Mendelian laws|laws of heredity]], and introduced the term ''[[mutation]]''. He developed a mistaken [[mutation]] [[theory]] of [[evolution]], mainly due to the peculiarities of his favourite organism, the Evening Primrose (''[[Oenothera]] lamarckiana''). [[Carl Correns]] also – independently – rediscovered [[Gregor Mendel]]'s work on [[genetics]]. [[Erich von Tschermak]]'s status as a third rediscoverer is now less convincing. == References == {{Reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Vries, Hugo de}} [[Category:1848 births]] [[Category:1935 deaths]] [[Category:Cell biologists]] [[Category:Dutch biologists]] [[Category:Geneticists]] [[Category:People from Haarlem]]