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elliot meyerowitz of caltech scientist with interdisciplinary interest , writer 1959 challenging beliefs and introducing novel scientific knowledge . various well known biological theories , principles or isidro a. t. savillo
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isidro a. t. savillo

isidro antonio torte savillo is a philippine scientist at the iloilo state college of fisheries and a writer , specializing primarily in the study of lichens , fungi , and slime mould .
one of his research studies has focused on the discovery of the impermanence of sexual phenotypes in both animals and plants .
his finding on the use of -lrb- swartz -rrb- nyl. , a lichen as a bioindicator/biomonitor for atmospheric pollution has been practiced in the philippines , thailand , and india , where this is utilized for active biomonitoring -lrb- including transplant technique -rrb- .
he was also the senior author of a paper that introduced the proposed `` domesticity scale for wild birds '' .
