Donald F. Jones

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Donald Forsha Jones
Donald Forsha Jones
Born	16 April 1890
Died	19 June 1963
Nationality	United States
Fields	genetics
Institutions	Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven

Donald Forsha Jones (April 16, 1890–June 19, 1963) was a United States maize geneticist and practical corn breeder at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven. Beginning at the station in 1914, he made high-yielding hybrid corn practical by his invention of the double-cross hybrid.^[1]

In Jones' method, four inbred corn lines are used. The seed from two initial crosses are used to grow up parental hybrids for the production fields. The production fields yield seed in sufficient quantity to make the scheme practical. Until Jones invented the double-cross method, the yield from the parent lines (the inbreds) was insufficient to allow practical production of hybrid corn seed.^[1]

Jones’ work received significant public attention and was used to make the first commercial hybrid corn in the 1920s.^{[citation needed]}

Publications

• Jones, D F (1944), "Growth Changes in Maize Endosperm Associated with the Relocation of Chromosome Parts.", Genetics 29 (5): 420–7, 1944 Sep, PMC 1209256, PMID 17247130, http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1209256 
• Jones, D F (1939), "Continued Inbreeding in Maize.", Genetics 24 (4): 462–73, 1939 Jun, PMC 1209049, PMID 17246933, http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1209049 
• Jones, D F (1936), "The Mutation Rate in Somatic Cells of Maize.", Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 22 (11): 645–8, 1936 Nov, doi:10.1073/pnas.22.11.645, PMC 1076832, PMID 16577742, http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1076832 
• Jones, D F (1934), "Unisexual Maize Plants and Their Bearing on Sex Differentiation in Other Plants and in Animals.", Genetics 19 (6): 552–67, 1934 Nov, PMC 1208513, PMID 17246737, http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1208513 
• Jones, D F (1934), "Unisexual Maize Plants and Their Relation to Dioecism in Other Organisms.", Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 20 (1): 39–41, 1934 Jan, doi:10.1073/pnas.20.1.39, PMC 1076336, PMID 16587838, http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1076336 
• Jones, D F (1924), "The Attainment of Homozygosity in Inbred Strains of Maize.", Genetics 9 (5): 405–18, 1924 Sep, PMC 1200833, PMID 17246048, http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1200833 
• Jones, D F (1919), "Selection of Pseudo-Starchy Endosperm in Maize.", Genetics 4 (4): 364–93, 1919 Jul, PMC 1200466, PMID 17245932, http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1200466 

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Amino Acids, Alleles, & Antibodies: The Work of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, Yale Scientific Magazine, Winter 2004

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Name	Jones, Donald F
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Date of birth	16 April 1890
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Date of death	19 June 1963
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