Sergio Arias Cazorla

Born 1933-06-10
Died

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Venezuela human geneticist, born June 10, 1933, Caracas.

Biography of Sergio Arias Cazorla

Sergio Arias Caziorla studied medicine at the Universidad Central de Venezuela in Caracas from 1953 to 1959, and then did postgraduate studies in internal medicine from 1959 to 1961. From 1964 to 1966 he was a Fellow in Medicine, Division of Medical Genetics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA. He was professor of Zoologyy at the Escuela de Capacitación Forestal de El Junquito 1952-1953, and from 1970 professor of biology at the Universidad Simón Bolívar. From 1975 to 1996 he was professor of human genetics.

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