Conrad Hal Waddington

Japanese: ウォディントン（英語表記）Conrad Hal Waddington

1905‐75
British biologist. Graduated from Cambridge University. After serving as a lecturer in zoology and development at the University's Strangeways Laboratory, he served as professor and director of the Institute of Animal Genetics at the University of Edinburgh. During his time at Cambridge, he conducted experimental developmental research on the organizers of birds and amphibians, and, together with J. Needham and J. Brachet, discovered that inorganic substances also have the ability to induce genes. At the University of Edinburgh, he conducted developmental genetic research using Drosophila, examining issues of adaptive evolution and genetics in the developmental process.

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Japanese:

1905‐75
イギリスの生物学者。ケンブリッジ大学を卒業。同大ストレンジウェーズ研究所動物学･発生学講師を経て，エジンバラ大学動物遺伝学研究所教授，所長を歴任。ケンブリッジ大学時代には鳥類や両生類の形成体organizerに関する実験発生学的研究を行い，さらにJ.ニーダムやブラッシェJ.Brachetとともに無機物でも誘導能があることを見いだした。エジンバラ大学ではショウジョウバエを用いて発生遺伝学的研究に取り組み，発生過程における適応的進化や遺伝の問題を考察した。

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