Alfred Henry Sturtevant | |
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| Born | November 21, 1891 |
| Died | April 5, 1970 (aged 78) Pasadena, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Known for | Gene cross-over, first genetic map |
| Awards | John J. Carty Award (1965) National Medal of Science (1967)[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Genetics |
| Institutions | California Institute of Technology |
| Doctoral advisor | Thomas Hunt Morgan |
| Doctoral students | Edward B. Lewis |
Alfred Henry Sturtevant (November 21, 1891 – April 5, 1970) 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.[2] 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.[1][3]
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