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4 unusual facts about Hugh Iltis


Hugh Iltis

His father, Hugo Iltis, was a teacher at the Brno Gymnasium, a botanist and geneticist, and a vocal opponent of Nazi eugenics.

An associated series of papers describes research in the family Cleomaceae, which was separated from the Capparaceae.

Hugh Hellmut Iltis (born April 7, 1925 in Brno, Czechoslovakia) is Professor Emeritus of Botany at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and is best known for his discoveries in the domestication of corn (maize).

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Hugh Iltis (born 1925), a Professor Emeritus of Botany at the University of Wisconsin–Madison



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