David Guthrie Catcheside FRS (31 May 1907 – 1 June 1994) was a British plant geneticist. He was educated at

Strand School Strand School was a boys' grammar school in the Tulse Hill area of South London. It moved there in 1913 from its original location at King's College in London's Strand. Distinguished in its heyday for its contribution of young men to the civil ...

and King's College London (BSc). He was a Lecturer in Botany at King's College London from 1933 to 1936, and at the

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from 1937 to 1950. He was Professor of Genetics at the

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from 1952 to 1955, Professor of Microbiology at the

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from 1956 to 1964, and Professor of Genetics at the

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from 1964 to 1972. He was made a

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in 1951. He was also a

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and a Fellow of

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Studies

In 1931, David Catcheside proposed the idea that there is evidence of parasynapsis within ''

Oenothera ''Oenothera'' is a genus of about 145 species of herbaceous flowering plants native to the Americas. It is the type genus of the family Onagraceae. Common names include evening primrose, suncups, and sundrops. They are not closely related to ...

'' plants, based on their chromosomal arrangement.

Recognition

The D.G Catcheside Prize, awarded by the Genetics Society of Australia to the top doctoral student in the field of genetics, was named for him.

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1907 births 1994 deaths People educated at the Strand School Alumni of King's College London Fellows of King's College London Fellows of the Royal Society Academics of King's College London Academics of the University of Cambridge Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge University of Adelaide faculty Academics of the University of Birmingham Australian National University faculty Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science Foreign associates of the National Academy of Sciences {{geneticist-stub