Abstract:Alexandre Afranio Peixoto, a leading Researcher at Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, died tragically in a rafting accident on February 10, 2013 in Mar d'Espanha, Minas Gerais. He is survived by his wife Valéria and two sons: Daniel (22) and Pedro (17). Alexandre carried out his undergraduate studies at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, during which time he analyzed the chromosome inversion polymorphism of Drosophila mediopunctata in the laboratory of Louis B. Klaczko; work he continued during his Master's degree… Show more
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