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### Author
East, Edward Murray (1879-1938), American botanist, morphologist and geneticist, born 4 Oct 1879, Du Quoin, Ill., B.S. University of Illinois 1900, M.S. 1904 and PhD. 1907, asst. chemist Illinois Experiment Station 1900-1903, agronomist Connecticut Experiment Station 1905-1909, asst. prof. experimental plant morphology Harvard 1909-1914, prof. 1914-1926, prof. in genetics from 1926, died 9 Nov 1938 at Boston, Mass.
**Abbreviated name**: *East*
#### Herbarium and types
Unknown.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 490; Bossert p. 111; Kew 2: 162; Tucker 1: 222.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Amer. men sci. ed. 4: 273. 1927 (b. 4 Oct 1879); Science 89: 51. 1939.
- Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 64, 65, 66. 1969.
- Hamann, U. and G. Wagenitz, Bibliogr. Flora Mitteleuropa 281. 1970.
- Piper, Ch.V., Northwest Bot. Manuscr. 44. 1976.
- Russell, F.W., Mount Auburn Biographies 552. ca. 1952.
### Publications
##### n.32.344. biological principles
**Title**
The relation of certain *biological principles* to *plant breeding*... New Haven, Conn. (Connecticut)... 1907. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Biol. princ. pl. breed.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Nov 1907 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-93. *Copies*: L, MO. – Issued as Bull. Connecticut Agric. Exp. Sta. 158. 1907.
##### n.32.345. mendelian interpretation
**Title**
A *mendelian interpretation* of *variation* that is appearently continuous... Reprinted ... from the American Naturalist... 1910. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Feb 1910 (date on p. \[65\], at L rd. 28 Apr 1910), cover-t.p., p. \[65\]-82. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. Naturalist 44: 65-82. 1910.
##### n.32.346. selection
**Title**
The rôle of *selection* in *plant breeding*... Reprinted from the Popular Science Monthly ... 1910. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Aug 1910 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. \[190\]-203. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Pop. Sci. Monthly 77: 190-203. 1910.
##### n.32.347. hybridization
**Title**
The rôle of *hybridization* in *plant breeding*... Reprinted from the Popular Science Monthly... 1910. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Oct 1910 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. \[342\]-355. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Pop. Sci. Monthly 77: 342-355. 1910.
##### n.32.348. genotype hypothesis
**Title**
The *genotype hypothesis* and *hybridization*... Reprinted from The American Naturalist... 1911. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Mar 1911 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. \[160\]-174. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. Naturalist 45: 160-174. 1911.
##### n.32.349. hybrids
**Title**
A study of *hybrids* between *Nicotiana bigelowii* and *N. quadrivalvis*... Reprinted... from The Botanical Gazette... 1912. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 15 Mar 1912 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. 243-248. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Gaz. 53(3): 243-248. 1912.
##### n.32.350. Heterozygosis in evolution
**Title**
*Heterozygosis in evolution* and in plant breeding... Washington (Government Printed Office) 1912. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Heterozyg. evol.*
**Notes**
*Co-author*: H.K. Hayes.
*Publ*.: 5 Jun 1912 (date on cover-t.p., Nat. Nov. Sep (1) 1912), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-58, *pl. 1-8 *(uncol. phot.). *Copies*: L, MO. – Issued as U.S.D.A. Bureau of plant industry Bull. no. 243.
##### n.32.351. Mendelian notation
**Title**
The *Mendelian notation* as a description of physiological facts... Reprinted... from the American Naturalist... 1912. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Nov 1912 (date on p. 633), cover-t.p., p. 633-655. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. Naturalist 46: 633-655. 1912.
##### n.32.352. chronicle
**Title**
A *chronicle* of the *tribe of corn*... Reprinted from the Popular Science Monthly... 1913. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Mar 1913 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. \[225\]-236. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Pop. Sci. Monthly 82: 225-236. 1913.
##### n.32.353. Inheritance
**Title**
*Inheritance* of *flower size* in crosses between species of *Nicotiana*... Reprinted... from The Botanical Gazette... 1913. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 15 Mar 1913 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. 177-188, *pl. 6-10* (uncol. phot.). *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Gaz. 55(3): 177-188, *pl. 6-10.* 1913.
##### n.32.354. Xenia
**Title**
*Xenia* and the *endosperm* of *Angiosperms*... Reprinted... from The Botanical Gazette ... 1913. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 17 Sep 1913 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. 217-224. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Gaz. 56(3): 217-224. 1913.
##### n.32.355. genetic analysis
**Title**
A *genetic analysis* of the changes produced by *selection* in experiments with *tobacco* ... Reprinted... from the American Naturalist... 1914. Oct.
**Notes**
*Co-author*: H.K. Hayes.
*Publ*.: Jan 1914 (date on p. 5, copy at L rd. 20 Apr 1914), cover-t.p., p. 5-48. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. Naturalist 48: 5-48. 1914.
##### n.32.356. Studies
**Title**
*Studies* on *self-sterility*. I\[-VII\]... Reprinted from Genetics... 1917\[-1926\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Co-author* (for I and II): J.B. Park.
*Publ*.: *1*. (The Behaviour of self-sterile plants), *in* Genetics 2: 505-609. 1918. – No reprint seen.
*2*. (Pollen-tube growth): Jul 1918 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. \[353\]-366. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Genetics 3: 353-366. 1918.
*3*. (The relation between self-fertile and self-sterile plants): Jul 1919 (id.), cover-t.p., p. 341-345. *Copy*: L. – Id. Genetics 4: 341-345. 1919.
*4*. (Selective fertilization): Jul 1919 (id.), cover-t.p., \[title recto of p. 346\], p. 346-355. *Copy*: L. – Id. Genetics 4: 346-355. 1919.
*5*. (A family of self-sterile plants wholly cross-sterile inter se): Jul 1919 (date on p. \[356\]), cover-t.p., \[title recto of p. 356\], p. 356-363. *Copy*: L. – Id. Genetics 4: 356-363. 1919.
*6*. (The genetic basis of cross-sterility in Nicotiana), *in* Genetics 9: 13-40. 1924.
*Note*: Not by E.M. East, author Edgar Shannon Anderson (1897-1969), see TL-2/suppl. 1: 108-109.
*7*. (Heredity and selective pollen-tube growth): Sep 1926 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. \[i recto of 466\], \[466\]-481. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Genetics 11: 466-481. 1926.
*Co-author*: A.J. Mangelsdorf.
##### n.32.357. Intercrosses
**Title**
*Intercrosses* between *self-sterile plants*... Reprinted from Brooklyn Botanic Garden Memoirs... 1918. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 6 Jun 1918 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. \[141\]-153. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Mem. 1: 141-153. 1918.
##### n.32.358. rôle
**Title**
The *rôle* of *reproduction* in *evolution*... Reprinted from The American Naturalist... 1918. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jun-Jul 1918 (date on p. 273, text read 5 Jan 1918), p. 273-289. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. Naturalist 52: 273-289. 1918.
##### n.32.359. Hybridization and evolution
**Title**
*Hybridization and evolution*... Reprinted from The American Naturalist... 1920. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Mai-Jun 1920 (date on p. 262), p. 262-264. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. Naturalist 54: 262-264. 1920.
##### n.32.360. Population
**Title**
*Population*... Reprinted from the Scientific Monthly 1919-1920... \[1920\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jun 1920 (date on p. \[603\]), cover-t.p., p. \[603\]-624. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Sci. Monthly 11: 603-624. 1920.
##### n.32.361. partial sterility in
**Title**
A study of *partial sterility in* certain *hybrids*... Reprinted from Genetics... 1921. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jul 1921 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. \[311\]-365. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Genetics 6: 311-365. 1921.
##### n.32.362. genetics comes of age
**Title**
As *genetics comes of age*... Reprinted... from the Journal of Heredity... 1922. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Mai 1922 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. 207-214. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Heredity 13(5): 207-214. 1922.
##### n.32.363. self- and cross-sterility
**Title**
Genetical aspects of *self- and cross-sterility*... Reprinted from the American Journal of Botany... 1923. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Nov 1923 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. 468-473. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. J. Bot. 10: 468-473. 1923.
##### n.32.364. hereditary behavior
**Title**
A new interpretation of the *hereditary behavior* of *self-sterile plants*... Reprinted from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,... 1925. Oct.
**Notes**
*Co-author*: A.J. Mangelsdorf.
*Publ*.: Feb 1925 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. \[166\]-171. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 11(2): 166-171. 1925.
##### n.32.365. genetic results
**Title**
Peculiar *genetic results* due to *active gametophyte factors*... Separat ur Hereditas... 1927. Oct.
**Notes**
*Note*: Festskrift för W. Johannsen.
*Publ*.: 3 Feb 1927 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. \[49\]-58. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Hereditas 9: 49-58. 1927.
##### n.32.366. Inheritance
**Title**
*Inheritance* of *trimorphism* in *Lythrum salicaria*... Reprinted from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences... 1927. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Mar 1927 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. \[122\]-124. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 13(3): 122-124. 1927.
##### n.32.367. genetics
**Title**
The *genetics* of the genus *Nicotiana*... 's Gravenhage (Bibliographia Genetica) 1928. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1928, p. \[243\]-320. *Copy*: MO. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bibliographia Genetica 4: 243-320. 1928.