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. 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.

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
• The North American Species of Drosophila. Carnegie Institute of Washington, 1921.
• 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

1891 births | 1970 deaths | Geneticists

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