Boris Ephrussi
Boris Ephrussi · Science & Medicine
Geneticist who pioneered the study of cytoplasmic (non-chromosomal) inheritance and somatic cell genetics.
1901, Moscow, Russia — 1979, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Russia · France · United States
Boris Ephrussi is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Geneticist who pioneered the study of cytoplasmic (non-chromosomal) inheritance and somatic cell genetics.
Ephrussi, born in Moscow into the prominent Russian Jewish Ephrussi family and later a French citizen, pioneered the study of cytoplasmic (non-chromosomal) inheritance and helped found somatic cell genetics. His cell-hybridization methods became essential tools of modern genetics.
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Geneticist who pioneered the study of cytoplasmic (non-chromosomal) inheritance and somatic cell genetics.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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