“...Pines here almost converge with tropical vegetation”. From the diary of Th.Dobzhansky, 1935 Mexico: Part 1
- Authors: Konashev M.B1
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Affiliations:
- Vavilov Institute for the History of Science and Technology, Saint Petersburg Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
- Issue: No 9 (2022)
- Pages: 56-65
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journals.eco-vector.com/0032-874X/article/view/627698
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.7868/S0032874X22090071
- ID: 627698
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Abstract
The first part of the diary of Th.Dobzhansky, an outstanding Russian-American geneticist, evolutionist, and entomologist, represents the records made in the summer of 1935, during his trip to Mexico. The trip was aimed on the study genetic variability of the fruit fly Drosophila pseudoobscura in the natural populations and determination of its range. In these records, as well as in the descriptions of his other expeditions, Dobrzhansky appears not only as a naturalist and a traveler, but as a person who is deeply and vividly interested in the lifestyle, customs, and views of the people he met, as well as the cultural, social, and political situation of the places he visited.
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M. B Konashev
Vavilov Institute for the History of Science and Technology, Saint Petersburg Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: mbkonashev@mail.ru
Saint Petersburg, Russia
References
- Конашев М.Б. «...Зрелище красоты несказуемой». Из дневника Ф.Г.Добржанского. 1934 г. Природа. 2022; 8: 49–59.
- American Philosophical Society Library (APSL). B: D65. Th.Dobzhansky Papers. Notebooks.
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