Warwick Estevam Kerr, Brazilian entomologist and
geneticist (Santana do Parnaíba, São Paulo State 09 September 1922 – Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo State 15 September 2018) From Scottish descent Internationally recognized as the foremost expert on
bees genetics Authored 247 papers (until 2007) Obtained important discoveries in bee genetics and
sexual determination Discovered the genetical mechanism that rules the
casts in genus Melipona (1950) Obtained the hybridization of the African and Italian
bees known as Africanized honey bee (1950s) With H.
Esch & I. Esch. Sound: an element common to communication of stingless bees
and to dances of the honey bees. Science 149:320-1, 1965 With R.A. Nielsen. Técnica para aumentar, diminuir ou modificar a alimentação de alvéolos de cria de meliponídeos. Cien. Cult. 118:33-4, 1966 With G.A. Carvalho and V.A. Nascimento developed
Uberlândia beehive, a cubic rational beehive (1996) DEVELOPED NEW VEGETABLE CULTIVARS
With A.C.P. Santos. Obtenção de novos cultivares de alface. Braz. J. Genetics 19(3): 202, 1996 With E.L. Almeida Jr, F.J. Campos & J.R. Santos Filho. Maioba: novo cultivar de alface para solos ácidos. Hort. Bras. 8(2):33-4, 1991 With colleagues developed the cultivars Melitino of egg-plants, Glória do Maranhão and Uberlândia 10000 of lettuce, between others HONORS Elected Foreign Member, National Academy of Sciences, USA (1990) Subgenus Melikerria Moure 1992 (Hymenoptera) |
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