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Beyond his accomplishments in genetics, Cole had a special interest in birds. He first proposed banding birds to study migration with a paper in 1902, "Suggestions for a Method of
Studying the Migration of Birds." He tried a small-scale experiment in 1902, applying tags to fish, but the work was
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Cole's contributions to genetics covered a wide scope of interests, and he collaborated with a diverse group of researchers from various university departments who studied a range of plants and animals. His department's research explored the genetic improvement of
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Department of Experimental Breeding, a forerunner of the university's Department of Genetics. He was made a professor in 1914, and held the title of Professor of Genetics from 1918 to 1947.
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was established, with Cole as president. In the period 1902–1922, Cole wrote seven papers on bird banding. For these efforts, he is regarded as the father of
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discontinued. In the winter of 1907–1908, a small number of birds were banded by Cole and members of the New Haven Bird Club. Shortly thereafter, at a meeting of the
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Control Clinical Research Bureau invited Cole to serve on an advisory committee. He is credited with providing information about the potential positive
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Cole, Leon J.; Waletzky, Emanuel; Shackelford, Richard Max (1940). "A Test of Sex
Control by Modification of the Acid-Alkaline Balance".
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Cole, Leon J.; Johansson, Ivar (1948). "Inheritance in
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Cole, Leon J.; Cumley, Russell W. (1942). "Differentiation of Old and New World
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Cole, Leon J. (9 August 1912). "A Case of Sex-Linked
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Cole, Leon J.; Hollander, W. F. (1950). "Hybrids of Pigeon by Ring Dove".
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