Nikolai Koltsov
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Russian scientist
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Biology
Nikolai Koltsov's Degrees
- PhD Biology Moscow State University
Why Is Nikolai Koltsov Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Nikolai Konstantinovich Koltsov was a Russian biologist and a pioneer of modern genetics. Among his students were Nikolay Timofeeff-Ressovsky, Vladimir Pavlovich Efroimson, A.S. Serebrovsky, and Nikolay Dubinin. Along with his students, he demonstrated the fine structure of genes, and examined the structure of the cell and pioneered the idea of a cytoskeleton. His career was cut short in Stalinist Russia after being falsely accused of supporting scientific racism. He died unexpectedly following government persecution and there are allegations that he was executed.
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