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1865-1950 · Biologist, Translator of Boveri's 1914 monograph

Marcella O'Grady Boveri

American biologist, the first woman graduate in biology from MIT (1885), who married Theodor Boveri and collaborated with him in his work. Her 1929 English translation of his 1914 monograph brought the chromosome theory of cancer to a wider audience.

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  1. McKusick VA. Marcella O'Grady Boveri (1865-1950) and the chromosome theory of cancer. J Med Genet. 1985;22(6):431-40.

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