Douglas Scott Falconer

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Douglas Scott Falconer
Born (1913-03-10)10 March 1913
Old Meldrum, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Died 23 February 2004(2004-02-23) (aged 90)
Edinburgh, Scotland
Fields Quantitative genetics
Genetic epidemiology
Institutions Edinburgh University
Alma mater Cambridge University
St. Andrews University
Doctoral advisor James Gray

Douglas Scott Falconer FRS FRSE (10 March 1913, Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire – 23 February 2004, Edinburgh)[1] was a British geneticist known for his work in quantitative genetics.[2] 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.[3]

In 1951, Falconer described a novel mouse mutant that he called reeler for its peculiar gait.[4] Later research using these mice has led to the discovery of reelin, a protein playing important roles in corticogenesis, neuronal migration, and plasticity.

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  1. ↑ Bowman, J. C. (2005). "Douglas Scott Falconer. 10 March 1913 - 23 February 2004: Elected F.R.S. 1973". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 51: 119. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2005.0008.
  2. ↑ MacKay, T. F. C. (2004). "Douglas Scott Falconer (1913–2004)". Heredity 93 (2): 119–121. doi:10.1038/sj.hdy.6800506. PMID 15241449.
  3. ↑ Hill, W. G.; MacKay, T. F. (2004). "D. S. Falconer and Introduction to quantitative genetics". Genetics 167 (4): 1529–1536. PMC 1471025. PMID 15342495.
  4. ↑ Falconer, D. S. (1951). "Two new mutants, 'trembler' and 'reeler', with neurological actions in the house mouse (Mus musculus L.)". Journal of Genetics 50 (2): 192–205. doi:10.1007/BF02996215.
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