Douglas Scott Falconer

Douglas Scott Falconer FRS FRSE (March 10, 1913, Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire – February 23, 2004, Edinburgh) was a British geneticist known for his work in quantitative genetics. D.S.Falconer's book «Introduction to quantitative genetics» was written in 1960 and became a valuable reference for generations of scientists. Its latest edition dates back to 1996 and is coauthored by Trudy F.C. Mackay.