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# Eugene V. Koonin

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Eugene Viktorovich Koonin is a Russian-American biologist and Senior Investigator at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). He is a recognised expert in the field of evolutionary and computational biology.

##  Quotes by Eugene V. Koonin

> [“Those who have been forced to study 'dialectical materialism', the strange concoction that was supposed to form the philosophical foundation of Marxism…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-v-koonin/those-who-have-been-forced-to-study-dialectical-materialism-the/)

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