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2 unusual facts about Theodosius Dobzhansky


Theodosius Dobzhansky

The Dobzhanskys had one daughter, Sophie, who later married the American archaeologist and anthropologist Michael D. Coe.

Variation and Evolution in Plants

The other key works of the modern evolutionary synthesis, whose publication also followed their authors' Jesup lectures, are Theodosius Dobzhansky's Genetics and the Origin of Species, Ernst Mayr's Systematics and the Origin of Species and George Gaylord Simpson's Tempo and Mode in Evolution.


Charles Chamberlain Hurst

This was very much in tune with William Bateson's own beliefs, and Bateson's views on this topic were revered by many other geneticists worldwide, including Theodosius Dobzhansky.

Linanthus parryae

For many decades a long line of geneticists and botanists, including Sewall Wright, Carl Epling, and T. G. Dobzhansky, have studied populations of this flower to determine the factors that influence this polymorphism.

Michael Murphy Andregg

Andregg earned a Ph.D. in behavior genetics (1977) from the University of California, Davis after completing a triple-major B.S. in genetics, zoology and physical anthropology (1973), studying under the tutelage of Theodosius Dobzhansky a prominent geneticist, evolutionary biologist and National Medal of Science recipient.

Molecular ecology

It is virtually synonymous with the field of "Ecological Genetics" as pioneered by Theodosius Dobzhansky, E. B. Ford, Godfrey M. Hewitt and others.


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