Mikhail Mikhailovich Zavadovsky and his investigations in the mechanics of gender development
Last July marked the 130th anniversary of M. M. Zavadovsky, an embryologist, geneticist, endocrinologist, scientist of an unusually broad outlook, an outstanding theorist and a brilliant experimenter. The founder of the largest school of biologists, Zavadovsky raised a galaxy of worthy followers, was awarded the title of laureate of the USSR State Prize and academician of the All-Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences named after Lenin. Among other things, Zavadovsky served as a director of the Moscow Zoo from 1923 to 1927.