Georg Forster , 1781
Johann Georg Adam Forster (November 27 1754 Many sources, including the biography of Thomas Saine, list the birthdate as November 26 ; according to Ulrich Enzensberger, Ein Leben in Scherben, Frankfurt 1996, ISBN 3-423-13248-5, the baptism registry of St Peter in Danzig list more
G. Ledyard Stebbins
George Ledyard Stebbins, Jr. (January 6 1906 – January 19 2000 ) was an American botanist and geneticist who is widely regarded as one of the leading evolutionary biologists and botanists of the 20th century. Stebbins received his Ph.D. in botany from Harvard Uni more
DNA repair
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AIDS
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Bacteria
A bacterium (plural: bacteria) is a unicellular microorganism . Typically a few micrometre s in length, individual bacteria have a wide-range of shapes, ranging from sphere s to rods to spirals. Bacteria are ubiquitous in every habitat on Earth , growing in soil, acidic hot springs , more