Richard Goldschmidt
Richard Goldschmidt · Science & Medicine
Geneticist who advanced ideas on sex determination and macroevolution.
1878, Frankfurt am Main, Germany — 1958, Berkeley, California, United States
Germany · United States
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Richard Goldschmidt was a geneticist who made major contributions to the study of sex determination and to evolutionary theory, best known for his controversial 'hopeful monster' idea of macroevolution through large mutations. Born into a Jewish family in Frankfurt, he fled Nazi Germany in 1936 and continued his career at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Geneticist who advanced ideas on sex determination and macroevolution.
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