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Vavilov

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Vavilov [ˈvævɪˌlɒf]
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(Biographies / Vavilov, Nikolai Ivanovich (1887-?1943) M, Russian, SCIENCE: geneticist) Nikolai Ivanovich. 1887-?1943, Soviet plant geneticist, noted for his research into the origins of cultivated plants. His findings were regarded as contrary to official ideology and he was arrested (1940), dying in a labour camp


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