Kurt Benirschke, MD, was born on May 26, 1924, in Glückstadt, Germany and died on September 10, 2018 in La Jolla, California. Known to the broader genetics community as a pioneering investigator in the field of comparative mammalian cytogenetics, Benirschke’s scientific accomplishments spanned several fields. As a physician, he was a pioneering physician-scientist in perinatal pathology, generally, and placentology, in particular. His website on comparative placentation (placentation.ucsd.edu) remains the premier resource for the description of this crucial adaptation for eutherian development. By the time of his death, he had authored/co-authored more than 500 scientific papers in diverse fields, and thirty books. With the artist, Andy Warhol, he published Vanishing Animals, a book which brought...

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