Yo Takenaka

Summary

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 discovered 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]

Yo Takenaka
Born7 November 1903
Died18 March 1966
Scientific career
FieldsPlant genetics

Career edit

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]

Works edit

  • "ソメイヨシノの起源" [The Origin of the Yoshino cherry]. 染色体 [La Kromosomo]. 21. 染色体学会 [The Society of Chromosome Research ]: 777–778. 1954.
  • "サクラの研究(第1報) ソメイヨシノの起源" [Research on Cherry (1): The Origin of the Yoshino cherry]. 植物学雑誌 [Botanical Magazine]. Vol. 75. July 25, 1962. pp. 278–287.
  • "サクラの研究(第2報) ソメイヨシノの起源" [Research on Cherry (2): The Origin of the Yoshino cherry]. 植物学雑誌 [Botanical Magazine]. Vol. 78. September 25, 1965. pp. 319–331.
  • TAKENAKA, Yô (1963). "The Origin of the Yoshino cherry tree" (PDF). Journal of Heredity. 54 (5). Oxford University Press: 207–211. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a107250.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Yō Takenaka". Kodansha.
  2. ^ a b "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.

External links edit

  • Home page of National Institute of Genetics