父亲余自炯1945年四川大学生物系毕业后即教生物学。儿时的我常见父亲翻阅一种大书,有时还把书上的图画成彩色的大图,挂在黑板上上课时用。后来我才知道大书就是《生物学通报》,并且父亲给我和弟妹讲的达尔文捉甲虫、米丘林搞嫁接、孟德尔种豌豆等是《通报》介绍的。3年自然灾害父亲享受专家补贴,文革中父母却被揪进“牛棚”改造。但留在家中的《通报》成为高中毕业的我待业与下乡后的主要读物之一,还指导我在自留地上搞起了一些实验。 Yu Zijiong father In 1945, Department of Biology, Sichuan University after teaching biology. My childhood father often read a big book, and sometimes the picture on the book into a large picture of color, hanging on the blackboard in class time. Later I learned that the big book was Biological Bulletin, and my father told me and my sister Darwin to catch beetles, Michurin engage grafting, Mendelian peas and other “briefing” introduced. 3 years of natural disasters, father enjoy expert subsidies, but during the Cultural Revolution, parents were pushed into “cow shed” transformation. However, the “circular” left behind at home became one of the major readings of my high school graduation after leaving for work and going to the countryside. She also directed me to conduct some experiments on private plots.