EL PROFESOR JOSÉ FERNÁNDEZ-NONÍDEZ (1892- 1947) Y LA UNIVERSIDAD DE MURCIA

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  • Juan Carlos Argüelles

Abstract

At the beginning of the XXth century, the new theories concerning the chromosomal inheritance based on the rediscovered Mendel’s laws, were introduced in Spain by the Professor José Fernández-Nonídez who learnt and developed them at the Columbia University under the supervision of Thomas H. Morgan and Edmund B. Wilson, two outstanding scientists who founded the Classic Genetics. Before to set up defi nitely in the USA –country where he carried out his scientifi c career and passed away in 1947–, Nonídez won a permanent position as Professor of Zoology in the new born University of Murcia (1916), being appointed as Dean in the Faculty of Sciences. However, his very short-stay in Murcia had no academic or scientifi c repercussions, with exception of a single study on entomologic taxonomy and a review on sex determination in mammals. Based on the scarce data available, this paper surveys the settle in Murcia of J. Fernández-Nonídez.

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Juan Carlos Argüelles

Universidad de Murcia
How to Cite
Argüelles, J. C. (2006). EL PROFESOR JOSÉ FERNÁNDEZ-NONÍDEZ (1892- 1947) Y LA UNIVERSIDAD DE MURCIA. Anales de Biología, (28), 129–136. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/analesbio/article/view/27411
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Reseña histórica