Tan Jiazhen

Tan Jiazhen
Traditional Chinese談傢楨
Simplified Chinese谈家桢
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinTán Jiāzhēn
Wade–GilesT'an Chia-chen

Tan Jiazhen (15 September 1909 – 1 November 2008),[1] also known as C. C. Tan, was a Chinese geneticist. He was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a foreign member of United States National Academy of Sciences. Tan was a main founder of modern Chinese genetics.

  1. ^ "Chinese geneticist Tan Jiazhen dies at 100". Shanghai Daily. 2008-11-01. Retrieved 2008-11-01.