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Alfred Sturtevant
(1891–1970)
Botanist
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Alfred Sturtevant was a botanist, best known for The North American species of Drosophila.
Quick Facts About Alfred Sturtevant
- Born
- November 21, 1891
- Died
- April 5, 1970
- Profession
- Botanist
- Notable works
- The North American species of Drosophila
About Alfred Sturtevant
Alfred Henry Sturtevant was an American geneticist. Sturtevant constructed the first genetic map of a chromosome in 1911. Throughout his career he worked on the organism Drosophila melanogaster with Thomas Hunt Morgan. By watching the development of flies in which the earliest cell division produced two different genomes, he measured the embryonic distance between organs in a unit which is called the sturt in his honor. On February 13, 1968, Sturtevant received the 1967 National Medal of Science from President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Biography source: Wikipedia
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