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Peo Charles Koller

Peo Charles Koller is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Peo Charles Koller rather than just read about it. In short: Pius Charles Koller FRSE (in hungarian: Koller Károly Pius; 4 March 1901 – 29 June 1979), known as Peo Charles Koller, was a Hungarian-born cytologist and cytogeneticist. Life Koller was born in Nagykanizsa, Hungary on 4 March 1901.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

Pius Charles Koller FRSE (in hungarian: Koller Károly Pius; 4 March 1901 – 29 June 1979), known as Peo Charles Koller, was a Hungarian-born cytologist and cytogeneticist.

Life Koller was born in Nagykanizsa, Hungary on 4 March 1901. He studied at the University of Budapest graduating with a BSc in 1928, continuing as a postgraduate, gaining a PhD. He left Hungary in the years leading up to World War II and relocated to Scotland in the early 1930s. In 1933 Koller obtained a DSc from the University of Edinburgh with a thesis on the dynamics of chromosome movement. In 1937 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Francis Albert Eley Crew, Alan William Greenwood, Sir Alick Buchanan-Smith, Baron Balerno, and James Nichol Pickard. He won the Society's Neill Prize for the period 1939 to 1941 and the David Anderson-Berry Prize for 1947. In 1938 he began lecturing in animal genetics at the University of Edinburgh. In 1944 he moved to the Royal Cancer Hospital in London as Research Cytologist. In 1946 he moved again, this time to the Chester Beatty Research Institute, first as Cytologist then as Professor of Cytogenetics. He died on 29 June 1979.

Family In 1946 he married Anna Edith Olsen.

Publications Koller: Chromosomes and Genes: The Biological Basis of Heredity (1971) The Role of Chromosomes in Cancer Biology (1972)

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Peo Charles Koller

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Peo Charles Koller claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Peo Charles Koller before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Peo Charles Koller ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Peo Charles Koller

In research: Peo Charles Koller appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Peo Charles Koller in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Peo Charles Koller is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1901 births, 1979 deaths, British cell biologists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Peo Charles Koller outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Peo Charles Koller in simple terms?

Pius Charles Koller FRSE (in hungarian: Koller Károly Pius; 4 March 1901 – 29 June 1979), known as Peo Charles Koller, was a Hungarian-born cytologist and cytogeneticist. Life Koller was born in Nagykanizsa, Hungary on 4 March 1901.

Why does Peo Charles Koller matter?

Because it connects several biology ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Peo Charles Koller?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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