Dobzhansky

[ dob-zhahn-skee ]

noun

1. Theodosius (Gri·go·ri·e·vich) [gri-, gawr, -ee-, uh, -vich, -, gohr, -], 1900–75, U.S. geneticist, born in Russia.

Dobzhansky

/ dɒbˈʒænskɪ /

noun

1. DobzhanskyTheodosius19001975MUSRussianSCIENCE: biologist Theodosius. 1900–75, US biologist, born in Russia, noted for work on evolution and genetic variation

Example Sentences

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

In September 1943, Dobzhansky launched an attempt to demonstrate variation, selection, and evolution in a single experiment—to re-create the Galápagos in a carton.

From Literature

Dobzhansky could now restate the essential truth of Mendel’s discovery—a gene determines a physical feature—by generalizing that idea across multiple genes and multiple features: a genotype determines a phenotype.

From Literature

First, Dobzhansky noted, genotypes were not the sole determinants of phenotypes.

From Literature

The first experiments on reproductive incompatibility and species formation were carried out before the selection experiments, but Dobzhansky and his students continued to work on both problems in the 1940s and 50s.

From Literature