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Alfred Sturtevant
Alfred Henry Sturtevant (November 21, 1891 - April 5, 1970) was an American geneticist, Sturtevant constructed the first genetic map of a chromosome in 1913. Throughout his career he worked on the organism Drosophila melanogaster with Thomas Hunt Morgan.
Key publications
- The linear arrangement of six sex-linked factors in Drosophila, as shown by their mode of association. Journal of Experimental Zoology, 14: 43-59, 1913
- A History of Genetics. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. Online Electronic Edition
References
- Lewis, E.B. Alfred Henry Sturtevant, National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoirs
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