1862-1915 · Biologist

Theodor Boveri

University of Würzburg

Biologist at the University of Würzburg who studied sea urchin chromosomes and in his 1914 monograph proposed that tumours arise from a single cell with an abnormal chromosome combination.

Milestones

1914 Boveri proposes a chromosomal origin of malignant tumours

Sources

Hardy PA, Zacharias H. Reappraisal of the Hansemann-Boveri hypothesis on the origin of tumors. Cell Biol Int. 2005;29(12):983-92.
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Hansford S, Huntsman DG. Boveri at 100: Theodor Boveri and genetic predisposition to cancer. J Pathol. 2014;234(2):142-5.
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El Nachef L, Bouchet A, Bourguignon M, Foray N. When DNA Mutations Interplay with Cellular Proliferation: A Narrative History of Theories of Carcinogenesis. Cancers (Basel). 2024;16(11).
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