Description: (German Botanist and Geneticist Remembered for His Work on the Principles of Heredity)
Carl Erich Correns, a German botanist and geneticist, is renowned for his pioneering research on the principles of heredity. He, along with Hugo de Vries, independently discovered these principles, while also crediting Gregor Mendel's earlier contributions to the field. Correns studied under Karl Nägeli, a prominent botanist who had corresponded with Mendel about his work with peas. Correns extended his research to Hieracium, though his experiments in that species were unsuccessful, leading Mendel to halt his studies on the subject.