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Theodosius Dobzhansky , 1900-1975, American geneticist, b. Russia, grad. Univ. of Kiev, 1921. He emigrated to the United States in 1927 and was naturalized in 1937. Dobzhansky taught at the California Institute of Technology (1930-40) and was professor of zoology at Columbia (1940-62), leaving to become associated with the Rockefeller Institute (now Rockefeller Univ.). He conducted much research with Drosophila and is known for his basic work in genetics. His writings are of considerable significance and include Genetics and the Origin of Species (1937, 3d ed. 1951), a challenging summation of contemporary knowledge of genetics; Evolution, Genetics, and Man (1955); and Mankind Evolving: The Evolution of the Human Species (1962), which with great wisdom deals with cultural as well as biological evolution.

Bibliography: See also Genetics of the Evolution Process (1970) and Genetic Diversity and Human Equality (1973).

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Dobzhansky, Theodosius (1900–75) US geneticist and authority on human evolution, b. Russia. He was influential in the development of population genetics as a separate study. His writings include Genetics and the Origin of Species (1937), Mankind Evolving (1962), and Genetics of the Evolutionary Process (1970).

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