Professor Anne Villeneuve Ph.D. | |
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| Education | University of Notre Dame, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Stanford University |
| Academic advisors | Barbara J. Meyer |
| Notable students | Abby Dernburg |
Anne Villeneuve is an American geneticist. She is known for her work on the mechanisms governing chromosome inheritance during sexual reproduction. Her work focuses on meiosis, the process by which a diploid organism, having two sets of chromosomes, produces gametes with only one set of chromosomes. She is a Professor of Developmental Biology and of Genetics at Stanford University and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.[1]
- ^ "Three Stanford faculty elected to National Academy of Sciences". News Center. Retrieved 2019-05-11.