Caroline Pellew

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Caroline Pellew
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Born1882
Brighton
Died1963
Hitchin
NationalityBritish
Scientific career
InfluencesT. H. Morgan
InfluencedDorothea De Winton

Caroline Pellew (born 1882) was a British geneticist who made significant contributions to knowledge of the laws of inheritance in various organisms including peas.

Education[]

Pellew was awarded the first minor studentship at the John Innes Centre in 1910. She was a Horticultural Associate of University College Reading and completed a two-year diploma course in horticulture. While at Reading she worked with the botany professor, Frederick Keeble, to investigate the genetics in the chemistry of flower colour.

Research and Writing[]

Pellew conducted much of her significant work on the "rogue" phenomenon in peas with William Bateson and became known as "Professor Bateson's right-hand man",[1][2] or alternatively his "lieutenant, secretary, mentor and foil".[3] She headed the researchers at Merton after Bateson's death, including fellow female geneticists; Dorothea de Winton, Dorothy Caley, Alice Gairdner, Irma Anderson-Kotto and Aslaug Sverdrup.[4]

By 1929, Pellew had proved her passion for genetics and was given the title of ‘geneticist’ and meticulously worked with peas for over 20 years.[5][6]

In 1941, Pellew was forced to take "voluntary retirement" due to John Innes experiencing a reduction in income because of the war.[2]

Pellew wrote many papers on Pisum (peas) and Primula (Primrose) and in 1931 published a book called Genetical and Cytological Studies on the Relations Between Asiatic and European Varieties of Pisum Sativum.[7] In 1946, she wrote to J. B. S. Haldane to belatedly congratulate him on his marriage, explaining that her letter was late because she was "sacrificing letter writing to peas."[8]

References[]

  1. ^ Forsdyke, Donald R. (2016-04-27). Evolutionary Bioinformatics. Springer. ISBN 9783319287553.
  2. ^ a b "War and peas- John Innes Centre- jic.ac.uk".
  3. ^ HARMAN, Oren Solomon (2009-06-30). The Man Who Invented the Chromosome: the life of Cyril Darlington. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674038332.
  4. ^ HARMAN, Oren Solomon (2009-06-30). The Man Who Invented the Chromosome: the life of Cyril Darlington. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674038332.
  5. ^ "Women scientist & early pea research".
  6. ^ Richmond, Marsha L. (2015-01-01). "Women as Mendelians and Geneticists". Science & Education. 24 (1–2): 125–150. Bibcode:2015Sc&Ed..24..125R. doi:10.1007/s11191-013-9666-6. ISSN 0926-7220. S2CID 144712362.
  7. ^ Pellew, Caroline (1931). Genetical and Cytological Studies on the Relations Between Asiatic and European Varieties of Pisum Sativum: I, II.
  8. ^ "Pellew, Caroline". wellcomelibrary.org. Retrieved 2017-06-12.
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