Theodosius Dobzhansky and the Origins of Western Population Genetics

狄奥多西·杜布赞斯基（Theodosius Dobzhansky，1900-1975）是一位杰出的生物学家， 20世纪的一位重要人物， 20世纪30年代和作者的第一个现代声明（遗传学和 《物种起源》，1937年），他是现代西方哲学的创始人。 人口遗传学，一所大型国际学校的老师， 和许多有影响力的流行书籍的作者， 社会话题。 尽管生物学历史学家一直在关注 越来越多的人关注他的遗产，这一正在进行的评价， 由于缺乏关于他的形成的信息， 年 1927年，多布赞斯基离开俄罗斯前往纽约， 美国遗传学家T. H.摩根，再也没有回来。 由于俄罗斯最近的事态发展， 可能，使用新发现的档案材料，分析 杜布赞斯基职业生涯的形成期 在这一点上，博士。 亚当斯开始调查这些档案， 杜布赞斯基的成长期研究，1900-1937年。 使用 年轻的俄罗斯调查人员一直在收集相关的 材料，亚当斯博士正在寻求澄清的影响， 基辅细胞遗传学学院对多布赞斯基的染色体工作（1914- 1924年）;他的彼得堡导师，菲利普琴科，对他的意见， 微观和宏观进化的方法，以及他的社会观点（1924- 1927年）;俄罗斯昆虫学传统对他的影响 对种群、物种和野外实践的研究方法;他逐渐 摩根人的习俗和惯例的同化 实验室;和他的俄罗斯背景的影响， 他的经典进化论著作。 在这笔赠款的支持下， 亚当斯博士和他的同事们开始开采新开放的 俄国档案馆 该补助金为PI提供旅行援助 以及他的俄国合作者所需的仪器 向他提供所需的文件 因此，来源 现代种群生物学的起源 在美国学习。

Theodosius Dobzhansky (1900-1975) was one of the leading biologists of the 20th century: a key figure in the evolutionary synthesis of the 1930s and author of its first modern statement (Genetics and the Origin of Species, 1937), he was the founder of modern Western population genetics, the teacher of a large international school, and author of many influential popular books on scientific and social topics. Although historians of biology are focussing increasing attention on his legacy, this ongoing evaluation has been greatly hampered by a lack of information about his formative years. Dobzhansky left Russia for New York in 1927 to work with American geneticist T. H. Morgan, and never returned. Thanks to recent developments in Russia, it has now become possible, using newly discovered archival materials, to analyze the formative years of Dobzhansky's career. Under this grant, Dr. Adams is beginning to survey these archives in preparation for a study of Dobzhansky's formative years, 1900-1937. Working with young Russian investigators who have been collecting the pertinent materials, Dr. Adams is seeking to clarify the influence of the Kiev school of cytogenetics on Dobzhansky's chromosomal work (1914- 1924); the views of his Petersburg mentor, Filipchenko, on his approach to micro- and macroevolution, and his social views (1924- 1927); the influence of Russian entomological traditions on his approach to populations, species, and field practice; his gradual assimilation of the conventions and practices of the Morgan laboratory; and the influence of his Russian background on the writing of his evolutionary classic. With support from this grant, Dr. Adams and colleagues are beginning to mine the newly opened Russian archives. This grant provides travel assistance to the PI as well as instrumentation necessary for his Russian collaborators to provide him with the needed documentation. As a result, sources for the origin of modern population biology will be made available for study in the US.