Dobzhansky
Americannoun
noun
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Dr. Ayala moved to New York for studies at Columbia University, receiving his master’s degree in 1963 and doctorate in 1964 under the mentorship of Theodosius Dobzhansky, a pioneering geneticist.
From Washington Post • Mar. 7, 2023
The Ukrainian-born American geneticist Theodosius Dobzhansky famously wrote that “nothing makes sense in biology except in the light of evolution.”
From Textbooks • Sep. 6, 2018
In the words of the Russian scientist Theodosius Dobzhansky: “Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.”
From The Guardian • May 29, 2016
As biologist Theodosius Dobzhansky wrote in 1973: “Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.”
From Slate • Nov. 19, 2015
In other flies, Dobzhansky found that configuration had been fully inverted to C-B-A.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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