Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
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The
Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn is a
research institute in
Naples,
Italy, devoted to basic research in biology. Research is largely interdisciplinary involving the fields of
evolution,
biochemistry,
molecular biology,
neurobiology,
cell biology,
biological oceanography,
marine botany,
molecular plant biology,
benthic ecology, and
ecophysiology.
Founded in 1872 as a private concern by
Anton Dohrn, in 1982 the Stazione Zoologica came under the supervision and control of the Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica (Ministry of Universities and Scientific and Technological Research) as a National Institute.
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