Douglas Scott Falconer

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Douglas Scott Falconer FRS FRSE (March 10, 1913, Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire – February 23, 2004, Edinburgh) was a British geneticist known for his work in quantitative genetics.[1] D.S.Falconer's book «Introduction to quantitative genetics» was written in 1960 and became a valuable reference for generations of scientists. Its latest edition dates back to 1996 and is coauthored by Trudy F.C. Mackay.[2]

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  1. ^ Mackay TF (2004). "Douglas Scott Falconer (1913-2004)". Heredity 93 (2): 119–21. doi:10.1038/sj.hdy.6800506. PMID 15241449.  free fulltext
  2. ^ Hill WG, Mackay TF (2004). "D. S. Falconer and Introduction to quantitative genetics". Genetics 167 (4): 1529–36. PMID 15342495.  free fulltext


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