Tong Dizhou (童第周) (May 28 1902 － March 30 1979) was a
ChineseChina is a cultural region, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
embryologistEmbryology is the study of the development of an embryo. An embryo is defined as any organism in an early stage well before birth or hatching, or in plants, before germination occurs....
remembered for his contributions to the field of
cloningCloning in biology is the process of producing populations of genetically-identical individuals that occurs in nature when organisms such as bacteria, insects or plants reproduce asexually. Cloning in biotechnology refers to processes used to create copies of DNA fragments , cells , or organisms...
. He was the former
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of Chinese Academy of Science
Born in
YinxianYinxian is a county in Ningbo municipality, Zhejiang province, China....
,
ZhejiangZhejiang is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. The word Zhejiang was the old name of the Qiantang River, which passes through Hangzhou, the provincial capital...
province, Tong graduated from
Fudan UniversityFudan University , located in Shanghai, China, is one of the oldest, most prestigious and most selectiveuniversities in the People's Republic of China. Its institutional predecessor was founded in 1905, shortly before the end of China's imperial Qing dynasty. Fudan University is composed of four...
in 1924 with a degree in psychology, and received a PhD in 1930 from Free University Brussels (ULB).
In 1963, Tong inserted
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of a male carp into the egg of a female carp and became the first to successfully
cloneCloning in biology is the process of producing populations of genetically-identical individuals that occurs in nature when organisms such as bacteria, insects or plants reproduce asexually. Cloning in biotechnology refers to processes used to create copies of DNA fragments , cells , or organisms...
a fish.
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Tong Dizhou (童第周) (May 28 1902 － March 30 1979) was a
ChineseChina is a cultural region, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
embryologistEmbryology is the study of the development of an embryo. An embryo is defined as any organism in an early stage well before birth or hatching, or in plants, before germination occurs....
remembered for his contributions to the field of
cloningCloning in biology is the process of producing populations of genetically-identical individuals that occurs in nature when organisms such as bacteria, insects or plants reproduce asexually. Cloning in biotechnology refers to processes used to create copies of DNA fragments , cells , or organisms...
. He was the former
vice presidentA vice president is an officer in government or business who is below a president in rank. The name comes from the Latin vice meaning 'in place of'. In some countries, the vice president is called the deputy president...
of Chinese Academy of Science
Born in
YinxianYinxian is a county in Ningbo municipality, Zhejiang province, China....
,
ZhejiangZhejiang is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. The word Zhejiang was the old name of the Qiantang River, which passes through Hangzhou, the provincial capital...
province, Tong graduated from
Fudan UniversityFudan University , located in Shanghai, China, is one of the oldest, most prestigious and most selectiveuniversities in the People's Republic of China. Its institutional predecessor was founded in 1905, shortly before the end of China's imperial Qing dynasty. Fudan University is composed of four...
in 1924 with a degree in psychology, and received a PhD in 1930 from Free University Brussels (ULB).
In 1963, Tong inserted
DNADeoxyribonucleic acid is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms and some viruses. The main role of DNA molecules is the long-term storage of information...
of a male carp into the egg of a female carp and became the first to successfully
cloneCloning in biology is the process of producing populations of genetically-identical individuals that occurs in nature when organisms such as bacteria, insects or plants reproduce asexually. Cloning in biotechnology refers to processes used to create copies of DNA fragments , cells , or organisms...
a fish. He is regarded as "the father of China's clone".
Tong was also an academician at the
Chinese Academy of SciencesThe Chinese Academy of Sciences , formerly known as Academia Sinica , is the national academy for the natural sciences of the People's Republic of China. It is an institution of the State Council of China...
and the first director of its Institute of Oceanology from its founding in 1950 until 1978.