Karl Wilhelm von Nägeli
Karl Wilhelm von Nägeli (
March 27,
1817 -
May 10,
1891) was a
Swiss biologist. He discovered what would later become known as
chromosomes.
Nägeli was born in Kilchberg near
Zürich. He studied
medicine in Zürich and began working with Manfred Schleiden in
1840. In
1849 he became professor in Zürich, and in 1857 moved to
Munich to become professor of
botany.
Nägeli died on May 10, 1891, in
Munich.
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