Wilhelm Ludwig
German biologist and university teacher (1901-1959)
Wilhelm Ludwig (20 October 1901, in Asch, Austria-Hungary (now Aš, Czech Republic) – 23 January 1959, in Leipzig, East Germany) was a German zoologist and geneticist.
His research interests were population genetics, inbreeding, paternity diagnosis, evolution, biometrics, sensory physiology (optimal Horopter), sex ratio in humans and animals and the right-left problem.
Life and work
Wilhelm Ludwig was born as the son of Wolfgang Ludwig (1855–1919) and Josepha Katharina Taumer (1855–1919). He studied zoology, chemistry and mathematics at the universities of Leipzig, Kiel, and Freiburg with professor Johannes Meisenheimer. He earned his doctorate with a thesis about the "Copulation apparatus of stink bugs". By 1930, he was in habilitation at the Berthold Klatt in Halle at Berthold Klatt with works on the "Theory of ciliary movement". At the University of Halle, he worked with the zoologist Wolfgang von Buddenbrock-Hettersdorff. From 1938, onwards he worked in Halle as a professor. At the suggestion of the biologist and geneticist Richard Goldschmidt, his book, "right-left problem in animals and humans," an issue that continued to deal with him arose. The main theme of his research was initially in genetics and selection, particularly in drosophila.
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