Gote Turesson

Göte Turesson (April 6, 1892 – December 30, 1970) was a Swedish botanist. He conducted extensive work to demonstrate that there is a genetic basis to the differentiation of plant populations. This work stood in sharp contrast to most researchers at the time, who believed that the differentiation of plant populations was due to phenotypic plasticity. Further, Turesson came to the conclusion that differentiation of plant populaitons was largely driven by natural selection. His work on locally adapted plant populations led him to coin the term "ecotype" in 1922.