Gavin Rylands de Beer

Japanese: ド･ビーア（英語表記）Gavin Rylands de Beer

1899‐1972
British biologist. Graduated from Morden College, Oxford. After serving as a lecturer at the same university and a professor at the University of London, he served as director of the British Museum. He served as a member of the Royal Guard in both world wars. He was knighted in 1954 and received the Royal Society's Darwin Medal in 1958. He conducted comparative anatomy and morphology related to homologous organs in vertebrates, as well as experimental developmental research using amphibians. He also criticized E. Haeckel's "Principles of Biogenesis" based on the phenomenon of "heterochrony," in which the order of development in individual development is reversed depending on the species, and considered the process and mechanism of evolution.

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Japanese:

1899‐1972
イギリスの生物学者。オックスフォード大学モードレン･カレッジを卒業。同大講師，ロンドン大学教授を経て大英博物館館長を歴任。2度の世界大戦には近衛兵として参戦。1954年にナイトの称号を，58年にはローヤル･ソサエティのダーウィンメダルを受けた。脊椎動物の相同器官に関係した比較解剖学･形態学，両生類を用いた実験発生学的研究をした。また，種により個体発生における発生順序が逆転する〈異時性〉の現象をもとにE.ヘッケルの〈生物発生原則〉を批判し，進化の過程･機構を考察した。

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