Yo Takenaka

Yo Takenaka
Born 7 November 1903
Died 18 March 1966
Fields Plant genetics

Yo Takenaka (竹中 要 Takenaka Yō, 1903–1966) was a Japanese plant geneticist and a Professor of Department of Cell Genetics, National Institute of Genetics. He is notable for researching the phylogenetic classification of cherry blossom. He discoverd that Prunus × yedoensis is a crossbreed of two wild species of Japanese cherry; Prunus spachiana forma ascendens (Edo higan) and Prunus speciosa (Oshima zakura) by crossing experiments. He was also known as a researcher on Japanese morning glory and Nicotiana.[1][2] [3][4]

Career

He was born in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan in 1903. He graduated from the Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Tokyo Imperial University in 1927. He was a Professor of Keijō Imperial University from 1929 to 1945. After the end of war, he became a Professor of National Institute of Genetics in 1949. He died on 18 March 1966 at the age of 62.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Yō Takenaka". Kodansha.
  2. 1 2 "Dr. Takenaka and Cherries in the National Institute of Genetics" (PDF) (in Japanese). Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute.
  3. ↑ "国立遺伝学研究所六十周年　ミシマザクラと竹中博士" [National Institute of Genetics 60th anniversary: Mishima zakura and Dr. Takenaka]. Mishima City. July 1, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Search result Yo Takenaka". J-Stage.
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