Hugo de Vries Trivia Questions

He taught botany at the University of Amsterdam from 1878 until his retirement in 1918, where he conducted his mutation studies.

Along with Correns and Tschermak, de Vries rediscovered Mendel's work, publishing his own paper on the same principles.

His key experimental plant was Oenothera lamarckiana (evening primrose), not African violets; the latter are unrelated.

De Vries was never awarded a Nobel Prize. The prize in his era went to others, like Thomas Hunt Morgan for chromosome theory.

De Vries introduced 'mutation' in his 1901 book 'Die Mutationstheorie', based on his work with evening primroses.

He proposed that large, sudden mutations could instantly create new species, a view later challenged by the Modern Synthesis.

He accepted natural selection as a stabilizing force but downplayed its role in creating new species, favoring mutation-driven evolution.

That was Othniel Charles Marsh. De Vries focused on living plants, especially evening primroses, not paleontology.