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Karen Snetselaar, “Charles Darwin the Experimental Botanist”

American Philosophical Society - Benjamin Franklin Hall

March 23, 2010

Charles Darwin is recognized world-wide for developing and disseminating ideas on evolution and natural selection. His work as an experimental scientist is less well-known. Dr. Karen Snetselaar, Professor and Chair of Biology at Saint Joseph’s University, will describe some of his botanical experiments and their impact on future plant biologists. This lecture is a collaboration between the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society and the American Philosophical Society More

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