Main content
Thomas Fairchild - speciation and evolution
Thomas Fairchild was the first to artificially cross two plant species and produce a new hybrid plant. This brought him into conflict with the teachings of the day, which considered all life to be God’s creation.
Botanist, Timothy Walker, discusses Darwin's ideas about natural selection and the evolution of plants. He uses this to explain why the hybrid produced by Thomas Fairchild was sterile.
Duration:
This clip is from
More clips from A Confusion of Names
-
![]()
Linnaeus and the first system of classification of plants
Duration: 03:21
-
![]()
The binomial system of classification
Duration: 04:52
-
![]()
Classification techniques and the search for useful plants
Duration: 04:36
-
![]()
Fairchild’s Mule
Duration: 02:09
More clips from Botany: A Blooming History
-
![]()
Muriel Wheldale and complex gene interactions—Hidden World
Duration: 03:32
-
![]()
How plants are adapted to survive—Photosynthesis
Duration: 02:47
-
![]()
Producton of oxygen in plants—Photosynthesis
Duration: 04:37
