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Erwin Baur (1875, Ichenheim, Grand Duchy of Baden – 1933) was a German geneticist and botanist. Baur worked primarily on plant genetics. He was director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Breeding Research (since 1938 Erwin Baur-Institute). Baur is considered to be the father of plant virology. He discovered the inheritance of plastids.〔Hagemann, R. 2000. (Erwin Baur or Carl Correns: who really created the theory of plastid inheritance? ). ''Journal of Heredity'' 91:435-440.〕 In 1908 Baur demonstrated a lethal gene in the ''Antirrhinum'' plant. In 1909 working on the chloroplast genes in ''Pelarganium'' (geraniums) he showed that they violated four of Mendel's five laws. Baur stated that #plastids are carriers of hereditary factors which are able to mutate. #in variegated plants, random sorting out of plastids is taking place. #the genetic results indicate a biparental inheritance of plastids by egg cells and sperm cells in pelargonium. Since the 1930s and the work of Otto Renner, plastid inheritance became a widely accepted genetic theory. In 1921 and 1932 Baur co-authored with Fritz Lenz and Eugen Fischer two volumes that became the book ''Human Heredity'', which was a major influence on the racial theories of Adolf Hitler. The work served a chief inspiration for biological support in Hitler's "Mein Kampf".〔("Human biodiversity: genes, race, and history" ), Jonathan M. Marks. Transaction Publishers, 1995. p. 88. ISBN 0-202-02033-9, ISBN 978-0-202-02033-4.〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Erwin Baur」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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