Richard Woltereck
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Richard Woltereck | |
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| Born | 6 April 1877 |
| Died | 23 February 1944 (aged 66) |
| Education | University of Freiburg |
| Known for | Reaction norm |
| Awards | Member of the Academy of Sciences Leopoldina |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Zoology |
| Institutions | University of Leipzig |
| Thesis | Zur Bildung und Entwicklung des Ostrakoden-Eies: kerngeschichtliche und biologische Studien an parthenogenetischen Cypriden (1898) |
| Academic advisors | August Weismann |
Richard Woltereck (6 April 1877 – 23 February 1944) was a German zoologist best known for developing the concept of reaction norm (German: Reaktionsnorm). He also conducted some of the first research that provided evidence for the process of cytoplasmic inheritance.[1] He proposed the concept in a 1909 paper that he presented to the German Zoological Society, based on his own research on the Daphnia water flea.[2][3] According to historian Raphael Falk, the concept of the reaction norm was later revived by Richard Lewontin.[4]
