Alfred Sturtevant

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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