Theodor Boveri
German geneticist (1862-1915) · Academics · Died at 53
Theodor Heinrich Boveri was a German zoologist, comparative anatomist and co-founder of modern cytology. He was notable for the first hypothesis regarding cellular processes that cause cancer, and for describing chromatin diminution in nematodes. His brother was industrialist Walter Boveri.
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Boveri was married to the American biologist Marcella O'Grady (1863-1950). Their daughter Margret Boveri (1900-1975) became one of the best-known journalists in post-World War II Germany.
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