Lyudmila Trut
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6 November 1933
- Gold and Silver medals of the Exhibition of Economic Achievements of the USSR (Domesticated foxes)
- Prize of the Presidium of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR named acad. N.I. Vavilov (1985)
- The Order of the Badge of Honor (21 August 1986)
- Winner of 2018 The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)/Subaru Science Books & Film Prizes for Excellence in Science Books
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| Born | Lyudmila Nikolayevna Trut 6 November 1933 |
| Died | 9 October 2024 (aged 90) Novosibirsk, Russia |
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Lyudmila Nikolayevna Trut (Russian: Людми́ла Никола́евна Трут; 6 November 1933 – 9 October 2024) was a Russian geneticist, ethologist, and evolutionist. She is known for developing domesticated silver foxes from wild foxes with Dmitry Belyayev at the Institute of Cytology and Genetics in Novosibirsk, Russia. The experiment, started in 1952, continues to this day covering nearly 60 generations of silver foxes selected for "tameness."[1] She held the positions of Senior researcher for Evolutionary genetics, Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB AS USSR, from 1969 to 1985; Head of Laboratory for Evolutionary Genetics, Institute of Cytology and Genetics, USSR, 1985 to 1990; Main Scientific Employee in the Laboratory for Evolutionary Genetics, Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB AS USSR, from 1990; and Professor in Genetics, from 2003 at the Institute of Cytology and Genetics.[2][3] She coordinated educational activities at the experimental fox farm at the Institute of Cytology and Genetics of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Novosibirsk, Russia. Trut was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2020.[4] She died in Novosibirsk on 9 October 2024, at the age of 90.[5]
