Reginald Punnett
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Reginald Punnett was a British geneticist best known for developing the Punnett square, a fundamental tool for predicting the outcome of genetic crosses.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Reginald Crundall Punnett | 1 |
| Reginald Punnett canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Reginald Punnett Context triple: [William Bateson, influenced, Reginald Punnett]
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William Bateson
William Bateson was a pioneering British geneticist who helped introduce and promote Mendelian genetics and even coined the term "genetics" for the field.
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B.
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Thomas Hunt Morgan was an American geneticist and Nobel laureate whose experiments with fruit flies established the chromosome theory of heredity and laid the foundations of modern genetics.
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C.
J. B. S. Haldane
J. B. S. Haldane was a pioneering British geneticist and evolutionary biologist whose work in population genetics helped lay the foundations of modern evolutionary theory.
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D.
Gregor Mendel
Gregor Mendel was a 19th-century Augustinian monk and scientist whose experiments with pea plants founded the science of genetics and laid the groundwork for modern evolutionary theory.
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E.
Sewall Wright
Sewall Wright was an American geneticist and evolutionary biologist whose pioneering work on population genetics and genetic drift helped lay the foundations of the modern evolutionary synthesis.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Reginald Punnett Target entity description: Reginald Punnett was a British geneticist best known for developing the Punnett square, a fundamental tool for predicting the outcome of genetic crosses.
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A.
William Bateson
William Bateson was a pioneering British geneticist who helped introduce and promote Mendelian genetics and even coined the term "genetics" for the field.
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B.
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Thomas Hunt Morgan was an American geneticist and Nobel laureate whose experiments with fruit flies established the chromosome theory of heredity and laid the foundations of modern genetics.
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C.
J. B. S. Haldane
J. B. S. Haldane was a pioneering British geneticist and evolutionary biologist whose work in population genetics helped lay the foundations of modern evolutionary theory.
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D.
Gregor Mendel
Gregor Mendel was a 19th-century Augustinian monk and scientist whose experiments with pea plants founded the science of genetics and laid the groundwork for modern evolutionary theory.
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E.
Sewall Wright
Sewall Wright was an American geneticist and evolutionary biologist whose pioneering work on population genetics and genetic drift helped lay the foundations of the modern evolutionary synthesis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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biologist ⓘ geneticist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| academicDegree | Bachelor of Arts ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
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surface form:
Fellow of the Royal Society
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| citizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coFounded | Journal of Genetics ⓘ |
| coFounderWith | William Bateson ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1875-06-20 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1967-01-03 ⓘ |
| developed |
Punnett
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surface form:
Punnett square
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| educatedAt |
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
NERFINISHED
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Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Cambridge
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| employer |
Cambridge University
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surface form:
University of Cambridge
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| era | 20th-century biology ⓘ |
| familyName | Punnett ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
biology
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genetics ⓘ |
| fullName |
Reginald Punnett
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Reginald Crundall Punnett
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| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Reginald ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
author
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geneticist ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| influenced | teaching of genetics ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Mendel's laws
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surface form:
Mendelian genetics
Punnett ⓘ
surface form:
Punnett square
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| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Society ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
Punnett
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surface form:
Punnett square
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| notableWork |
Heredity in Poultry
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Mendel’s Principles of Heredity ⓘ
surface form:
Mendelism
Sex-linkage and Sex-limited Inheritance ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Tonbridge ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Bilbrook ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
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Professor of Genetics at the University of Cambridge ⓘ |
| researchSubject |
Mendel's laws
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surface form:
Mendelian inheritance
poultry genetics ⓘ sex-linked inheritance ⓘ |
| workedWith | William Bateson ⓘ |
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Subject: Reginald Punnett Description of subject: Reginald Punnett was a British geneticist best known for developing the Punnett square, a fundamental tool for predicting the outcome of genetic crosses.
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