Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge CB2 1TA, United Kingdom.
Genetics. 2012 Sep;192(1):3-13. doi: 10.1534/genetics.112.143552.
R. C. Punnett, the codiscoverer of linkage with W. Bateson in 1904, had the good fortune to be invited to be the first Arthur Balfour Professor of Genetics at Cambridge University, United Kingdom, in 1912 when Bateson, for whom it had been intended, declined to leave his new appointment as first Director of the John Innes Horticultural Institute. We here celebrate the centenary of the first professorship dedicated to genetics, outlining Punnett's career and his scientific contributions, with special reference to the discovery of "partial coupling" in the sweet pea (later "linkage") and to the diagram known as Punnett's square. His seeming reluctance as coauthor with Bateson to promote the reduplication hypothesis to explain the statistical evidence for linkage is stressed, as is his relationship with his successor as Arthur Balfour Professor, R. A. Fisher. The background to the establishment of the Professorship is also described.
R.C. 潘尼特（R. C. Punnett）是 1904 年与 W. 贝特森（W. Bateson）共同发现连锁遗传的人之一，他很幸运，于 1912 年被邀请担任英国剑桥大学的第一任亚瑟·贝尔福遗传学教授，而贝特森原本被打算担任这一职位，但他拒绝离开他的新职位——约翰英纳斯园艺研究所的第一任所长。在这里，我们庆祝第一个专门致力于遗传学的教授职位设立 100 周年，概述了潘尼特的职业生涯和他的科学贡献，特别提到了他在甜豌豆（后来称为“连锁”）中发现的“部分连锁”以及被称为潘尼特正方形的图谱。强调了他作为合著者与贝特森一起推广重复假说以解释连锁遗传统计证据时的不情愿，以及他与亚瑟·贝尔福教授的继任者 R.A. 费希尔（R. A. Fisher）的关系。还描述了该教授职位设立的背景。
