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In 1936, Eig established the 'Palestine
Journal of Botany Jerusalem' In 1951 it was renamed the 'Israel Journal of Botany' and then in 1994 'Israel Journal of Plant Sciences'. In which Feinbrun and her colleagues used to publish their works. The first issue of the journal included a 'phytographic'
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Investigation of the Mediterranean area), the International Organization of Mediterranean botanists in recognition of the completion of this landmark publication.
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The university had started as a research facility without formal teaching. The teaching of sciences started in the early 1930s. In the
Department of Botany, genetics was chosen to be one of the six major subjects on the curriculum. Due to Feinbrun's
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Eastern species, mostly grown in her experimental plots and investigated
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Institute of Agriculture and Natural History would be part of the new university. Its name was changed to the 'Systematic Botany Branch', with Otto Warburg still the director.
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studying the number and form of chromosomes and using them in the systematic classification of this plant genus. Under the supervision of Dr. Eig. It was published in the 'Palestine
Journal of Botany'.
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In 1938, at the age of 44, Dr. Alexander Eig died. After his death, his two assistants, Michael Zohary and Naomi
Feinbrun, continued his work of documenting the flora of Palestine and cultivating the
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After 1947, when the state of Israel was established, she and her brothers 'Hebraized' their family name, and she became Naomi
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work with Hannan
Oppenheitmer (who was engaged in physiological botany in Rehovot Campus of the university) she began teaching genetics.
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map based on the three researchers’ many field trips.
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assistant at the university, with Alexander Eig and
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1086:Feinbrun-Dothan, Naomi; Danin, Avinoam (1998).
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1088:Analytical flora of Eretz-Israel
879:Atrakji, Eleanor (6 July 2014).
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1034:Feinbrun-Dothan, Naomi (1987).
1000:Feinbrun-Dothan, Naomi (1960).
197:She is the botanical author of
142:Gold medal from Optima (1986),
1232:Moscow State University alumni
1227:BabeČ™-Bolyai University alumni
1222:20th-century Israeli botanists
1154:Kirsh, Nurit (18 March 2013).
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537:Awards and recognition
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513:after Prof. Feinbrun.
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192:Naomi Feinbrun-Dothan
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