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  1. The Return of the Geneticist: Theodosius Dobzhansky, Edward Chapin, and Museum Taxonomy.Kristin Johnson - 2022 - Journal of the History of Biology 55 (3):443-463.
    In Fall 1939, as war engulfed Europe, the author of one of the most influential texts on genetics and evolution, Theodosius Dobzhansky, wrote a letter to curator of insects at the United States National Museum, Edward Albert Chapin. Dobzhansky wished to know what Chapin thought about his pursuing some taxonomic work on an old fascination of his: lady-bird beetles. This paper examines the resulting correspondence as a window into Dobzhansky’s attitude toward taxonomy, the different pressures on geneticists and taxonomists when (...)
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