Theodosius Dobzhansky

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academic author evolutionary biologist geneticist human

Theodosius Dobzhansky was a pioneering 20th-century geneticist and evolutionary biologist whose work integrating genetics with natural selection helped lay the foundations of the modern evolutionary synthesis.

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author ⓘ
evolutionary biologist ⓘ
geneticist ⓘ
human ⓘ
awardReceived Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal ⓘ
National Medal of Science ⓘ
birthDate 1900-01-25 ⓘ
birthPlace Nemyriv, Russian Empire ⓘ
Nemyriv, Ukraine ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Russian Empire ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1975-12-18 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor Yuri Filipchenko ⓘ
educatedAt Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv ⓘ
surface form: Kiev University
employer California Institute of Technology ⓘ
Columbia University ⓘ
Rockefeller University ⓘ
ethnicGroup Ukrainian ⓘ
familyName Theodosius Dobzhansky self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dobzhansky
fieldOfWork evolutionary biology ⓘ
genetics ⓘ
modern evolutionary synthesis ⓘ
population genetics ⓘ
fullName Theodosius Dobzhansky self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Theodosius Grygorovych Dobzhansky
givenName Theodosius ⓘ
influenced Ernst Mayr ⓘ
Motoo Kimura ⓘ
Richard Lewontin ⓘ
influencedBy Charles Darwin ⓘ
Gregor Mendel ⓘ
Sewall Wright ⓘ
knownFor aphorism "Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution" ⓘ
concept of balanced genetic polymorphism ⓘ
emphasis on genetic diversity within populations ⓘ
experimental work on Drosophila populations ⓘ
foundational contributions to the modern evolutionary synthesis ⓘ
integrating Mendelian genetics with Darwinian natural selection ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Ukrainian ⓘ
mannerOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
memberOf National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
surface form: National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
nativeName Феодосій Григорович Добжанський ⓘ
notableWork Genetics and the Origin of Species ⓘ
Genetics of Natural Populations series ⓘ
Genetics of the Evolutionary Process ⓘ
placeOfDeath Davis, California ⓘ
publicationDate 1937 ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
workLocation New York City ⓘ
Pasadena ⓘ
surface form: Pasadena, California

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Darwin–Wallace Medal → notableRecipient → Theodosius Dobzhansky ⓘ
Genetics and the Origin of Species → author → Theodosius Dobzhansky ⓘ
Genetics and the Origin of Species → relatedTo → Theodosius Dobzhansky ⓘ
Theodosius Dobzhansky → fullName → Theodosius Dobzhansky self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theodosius Grygorovych Dobzhansky
Theodosius Dobzhansky → familyName → Theodosius Dobzhansky self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dobzhansky
G. Ledyard Stebbins → influencedBy → Theodosius Dobzhansky ⓘ
Sewall Wright → influenced → Theodosius Dobzhansky ⓘ
Thomas Hunt Morgan → notableStudent → Theodosius Dobzhansky ⓘ
Nemyriv, Russian Empire → hasNotablePersonBornHere → Theodosius Dobzhansky ⓘ
Nemyriv, Russian Empire → notablePersonBornHere → Theodosius Dobzhansky ⓘ
Genetics of Natural Populations series → author → Theodosius Dobzhansky ⓘ
aphorism "Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution" → author → Theodosius Dobzhansky ⓘ
subject surface form: Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution
Richard Lewontin → influencedBy → Theodosius Dobzhansky ⓘ
Феодосій Григорович Добжанський → латинськаТранслітераціяІмені → Theodosius Dobzhansky ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theodosius Grygorovych Dobzhansky
Феодосій Григорович Добжанський → латинськаТранслітераціяІмені → Theodosius Dobzhansky ⓘ
Феодосій Григорович Добжанський → альтернативнеІмʼя → Theodosius Dobzhansky ⓘ
Animal Species and Evolution → influencedBy → Theodosius Dobzhansky ⓘ
Genetics of the Evolutionary Process → author → Theodosius Dobzhansky ⓘ
Systematics and the Origin of Species → influencedBy → Theodosius Dobzhansky ⓘ
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Yuri Filipchenko → influenced → Theodosius Dobzhansky ⓘ
Jerry Coyne → influencedBy → Theodosius Dobzhansky ⓘ