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Dobzhansky

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Dob·zhan·sky (db-zhnsk), Theodosius 1900-1975.
Russian-born American geneticist. His Genetics and the Origin of the Species (1937) synthesized Mendel's laws of heredity and Darwinian theory. He is also known for his study of the fruit fly Drosophilia, which showed a large degree of genetic variation within a population.
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Biology continues to generate an ever-expanding body of molecular, genetic and population data that has only confirmed, in the words of noted evolutionary biologist Theodosius Dobzhansky, that "nothing in biology makes sense, except in the light of evolution.
THE EVOLUTION OF DARWIN'S THEORY by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Theodosius Dobzhansky, one of the great evolutionary geneticists of the 20th century, was a professing Christian, as are scientists like Francis Collins, who directed the Human Genome Project.
Of Darwin, Dover and (un)intelligent design: scholar says the future ... by Church & State
As geneticist Theodosius Dobzhansky once so aptly proclaimed, "Nothing makes sense in biology except in the light of evolution.
Modern biology owes unpayable debt to Darwin by Siegfried, Tom / Science News
 
 
 
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