Wacław Gajewski, the Glossary
Wacław Gajewski (28 Februari 1911 – 12 December 1997) was a Polish geneticist, one of the founders of the Polish post-war genetics and author of academic and popular scientific books.[1]
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14 relations: Cytogenetics, Fungus, Geneticist, Genetics, Geum, Kraków, Lysenkoism, Martial law in Poland, Molecular genetics, Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences, Polish October, Trofim Lysenko, University of Warsaw, Warsaw.
- Polish biologists
- Polish geneticists
- Scientists from Kraków
- Scientists from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
Cytogenetics
Cytogenetics is essentially a branch of genetics, but is also a part of cell biology/cytology (a subdivision of human anatomy), that is concerned with how the chromosomes relate to cell behaviour, particularly to their behaviour during mitosis and meiosis.
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Fungus
A fungus (fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms.
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Geneticist
A geneticist is a biologist or physician who studies genetics, the science of genes, heredity, and variation of organisms.
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Genetics
Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms.
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Geum
Geum, (Latinized Greek for "taste" referencing the roots of the plant) commonly called avens, is a genus of about 50 species of rhizomatous perennial herbaceous plants in the rose family and its subfamily Rosoideae, widespread across Europe, Asia, North and South America, Africa, and New Zealand.
Kraków
(), also spelled as Cracow or Krakow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland.
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Lysenkoism
Lysenkoism (Lysenkovshchina,; lysenkivščyna) was a political campaign led by Soviet biologist Trofim Lysenko against genetics and science-based agriculture in the mid-20th century, rejecting natural selection in favour of a form of Lamarckism, as well as expanding upon the techniques of vernalization and grafting.
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Martial law in Poland
Martial law in Poland (Stan wojenny w Polsce) existed between 13 December 1981 and 22 July 1983.
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Molecular genetics
Molecular genetics is a branch of biology that addresses how differences in the structures or expression of DNA molecules manifests as variation among organisms.
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Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences
The Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences or Polish Academy of Learning (Polska Akademia Umiejętności, PAU), headquartered in Kraków and founded in 1872, is one of two institutions in contemporary Poland having the nature of an academy of sciences (the other being the Polish Academy of Sciences, headquartered in Warsaw).
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Polish October
The Polish October, also known as the Polish thaw or Gomułka's thaw, also "small stabilization" (mała stabilizacja) was a change in the politics of the Polish People's Republic that occurred in October 1956.
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Trofim Lysenko
Trofim Denisovich Lysenko (Трофи́м Дени́сович Лысе́нко; Trokhym Denysovych Lysenko,; 20 November 1976) was a Soviet agronomist and scientist.
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University of Warsaw
The University of Warsaw (Uniwersytet Warszawski, Universitas Varsoviensis) is a public research university in Warsaw, Poland.
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Warsaw
Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and largest city of Poland.
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See also
Polish biologists
- Étienne Wasserzug
- Agnieszka Kozłowska-Rajewicz
- Andrzej Tarkowski
- Barbara Tudek
- Bogusław Pawłowski
- Casimir Funk
- Emil Godlewski (junior)
- Erazm Majewski
- Ewa Kamler
- Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski
- Florian Święs
- Hélène Sparrow
- Henryk Fryderyk Hoyer
- Henryk Okarma
- Irena Latinik-Vetulani
- Jacek Junosza Kisielewski
- Jacek Oleksyn
- Jan Dembowski (biologist)
- Jan Prüffer
- Janusz Bujnicki
- Joanna Wysocka
- Jędrzej Śniadecki
- Kazimierz Petrusewicz
- Ludwik Hirszfeld
- Maciej Gliwicz
- Magdalena Żernicka-Goetz
- Marek Konarzewski
- Michalina Stefanowska
- Napoleon Cybulski
- Paweł Kisielow
- Piotr Słonimski
- Romuald Minkiewicz
- Rudolf Weigl
- Ryszard Słomski
- Sabina Nowak
- Simona Kossak
- Stanisław Zagaja
- Stefan Kopeć
- Tadeusz Vetulani
- Teofil Żebrawski
- Tomasz Samojlik
- Wacław Gajewski
- Wanda Szczawińska
- Wojciech Jastrzębowski
- Wojciech Karlowski
- Włodzimierz Dzieduszycki
- Zbyszek Darzynkiewicz
- Zofia Weigl
Polish geneticists
- Artur Jurand
- Ewa Bartnik
- Helena Slizynska
- Marek Sanak
- Piotr Słonimski
- Ryszard Słomski
- Stefan Kopeć
- Wacław Gajewski
- Wacław Szybalski
Scientists from Kraków
- Adam Bielański
- Alexander Weissberg-Cybulski
- Andrzej Dunajewski
- Bronisław Malinowski
- Franciszka Szymakowska
- Hanna Dodiuk-Kenig
- Irena Roterman-Konieczna
- Józef Grzybowski
- Jacek Rajchel
- Janusz Andrzej Zakrzewski
- Janusz Wojtusiak
- Johann Rafelski
- Karl Moriz Diesing
- Kazimierz Kordylewski
- Leon Wachholz
- Marian Gieszczykiewicz
- Sigmund Fraenkel
- Simona Kossak
- Stanisław Gołąb
- Stefan Banach
- Tadeusz Estreicher
- Tomasz Guzik
- Wacław Gajewski
- Wawrzyniec Teisseyre
- Wiktor Jassem
- Witold Wilkosz
- Władysław Kulczyński
Scientists from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
- Benjamin M. Bloch
- Emil Czyrniański
- Franciszek Armiński
- Israel Jacob Kligler
- Ivan Horbachevsky
- Ivan Puluj
- Julian Nowak
- Juliusz Hibner
- Kazimierz Bartel
- Maksymilian Nowicki
- Maurice Goldhaber
- Stanisław Ulam
- Tadeusz Baranowski (chemist)
- Wacław Gajewski
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wacław_Gajewski
Also known as Waclaw Gajewski.