Leif Andersson (animal geneticist)

Leif Andersson
AwardsWolf Prize in Agriculture (2014)
Björkénska priset (2017)
Academic work
InstitutionsUppsala University
Main interestsbiologist
Notable ideasanimal genetics

Leif Andersson (born 1954) is a Swedish animal geneticist and professor of functional genomics at Uppsala University.[1] In 2014, he won the Wolf Prize in Agriculture alongside Jorge Dubcovsky.[2] He was inducted into the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 2002[1] and is a foreign member of the National Academy of Sciences.[3] He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2017.[4]

  1. ^ a b Fernholm, Ann (2012). "Domestic pigs, horses and chickens tell us about man's heritage". Wallenberg Foundation. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Wolf Prize awarded to Israeli-Canadian Nahum Sonenberg". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 17 January 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Researcher profile: Leif Andersson". Uppsala University. Archived from the original on 16 November 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  4. ^ "American Philosophical Society: Newly Elected - April 2017". Archived from the original on 2017-09-15.