Mario Benazzi Explained

Mario Benazzi (Cento, August 29, 1902 – Pisa, December 6, 1997) was an Italian zoologist, professor at the Istituto di Zoologia e Anatomia Comparata of the University of Pisa. He published work on platyhelminths and evolutionary cytogenetics.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Benazzi is honoured in the polychaete name Diurodrilus benazzii Gerlach, 1952 and in the copepod name Colobomatus benazzii Delamare Deboutteville & Nunes Ruivo, 1958. In 1971, he was elected a national member of the Accademia dei Lincei.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Mancino . G. . Olmo . E. . Redi . C. A. . 10.1080/11250009909356257 . Presentation of the symposium on "genome structure and evolution" . Italian Journal of Zoology . 66 . 3 . 205 . 1999 . free .
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4. Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei: Biografie e bibliografie degli Accademici Lincei, Rome 1976, pp. 364–376.