Reminiscences of Theodosius Grigorievich Dobzhansky, 1962.

Biographical Note

Geneticist

Scope and Contents

Childhood and education in Russia; early interest in genetics; experiences during revolutionary and post revolutionary years; training in genetics in Russia; Rockefeller fellowship to work in United States, 1928; California Institute of Technology, 1930-1940; professor of zoology, Columbia University, 1940. Detailed descriptions of work with T.H. Morgan, A.H. Sturtevant, and C.B. Bridges. Problems of artificial selection; racism; Zoology Department, Columbia University, 1940-1962; research in California, Mexico, Brazil; Latin American scientists; travels to New Guinea, Australia, Egypt, India, Indonesia. Impressions of noted scientists

Subjects

• Breeding.
• California Institute of Technology.
• Columbia University.
• Dobzhansky, Theodosius, 1900-1975--Interviews.
• Geneticists--Interviews.
• Genetics.
• Interviews.
• Land, Barbara, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Soviet Union--History.
• Zoologists--Interviews.
• Zoology.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1975