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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content mw-content-ltr" lang="de" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="de" dir="ltr"><p><b>Alfred Henry Sturtevant</b> (* <a href="21._November" title="21. November">21. November</a> <a href="1891" title="1891">1891</a> in <a href="Jacksonville_(Illinois)" title="Jacksonville (Illinois)">Jacksonville</a> (<a href="Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>); † <a href="5._April" title="5. April">5. April</a> <a href="1970" title="1970">1970</a> in <a href="Pasadena_(Kalifornien)" title="Pasadena (Kalifornien)">Pasadena</a> (<a href="Kalifornien" title="Kalifornien">Kalifornien</a>)) war ein amerikanischer <a href="Genetik" title="Genetik">Genetiker</a>. 1913 erstellte er an der schwarzbäuchigen Taufliege <i><a href="Drosophila_melanogaster" title="Drosophila melanogaster">Drosophila melanogaster</a></i> die erste einfache <a href="Genkarte" title="Genkarte">Genkarte</a> eines Organismus.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Er arbeitete gemeinsam mit anderen aus der Gruppe um <a href="Thomas_Hunt_Morgan" title="Thomas Hunt Morgan">Thomas Hunt Morgan</a> an der Columbia University in New York.
</p><p>Sturtevant wuchs als jüngstes von sechs Kindern in <a href="Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a> und später in <a href="Alabama" title="Alabama">Alabama</a> auf. 1908 ging er an die <a href="Columbia_University" title="Columbia University">Columbia University</a> und wurde Doktorand von Morgan. 1914 schloss er seine Doktorarbeit ab und blieb weiter in der Gruppe von Morgan, bis er 1928 Professor für Genetik am <a href="California_Institute_of_Technology" title="California Institute of Technology">California Institute of Technology</a> wurde. 1943 war Sturtevant Präsident der <a href="Genetics_Society_of_America" title="Genetics Society of America">Genetics Society of America</a>. 1930 wurde er in die <a href="National_Academy_of_Sciences" title="National Academy of Sciences">National Academy of Sciences</a>, 1936 in die <a href="American_Philosophical_Society" title="American Philosophical Society">American Philosophical Society</a> und 1949 in die <a href="American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences" title="American Academy of Arts and Sciences">American Academy of Arts and Sciences</a> gewählt. 1965 erhielt er den <a href="John_J._Carty_Award" title="John J. Carty Award">John J. Carty Award</a> der National Academy of Sciences. Bis zu seinem Tod blieb er am <i>Caltech</i>.
</p><p>Sturtevant heiratete 1922 und hatte drei Kinder.
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.esp.org/foundations/genetics/classical/holdings/s/ahs-13.pdf">The linear arrangement of six sex-linked factors in <i>Drosophila</i>, as shown by their mode of association</a>. <i>Journal of Experimental Zoology</i>, 14: 43–59, 1913 (PDF-Datei; 107 kB)</li>
<li><i>The North American Species of Drosophila</i>. Carnegie Institute of Washington, 1921.</li>
<li><i>A History of Genetics</i>. <a href="Cold_Spring_Harbor_Laboratory" title="Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory">Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory</a> Press. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.esp.org/books/sturt/history/readbook.html">Online Edition</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Edward_B._Lewis" title="Edward B. Lewis">Lewis, E.B.</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/biomems/asturtevant.pdf">Alfred Henry Sturtevant</a>, National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoirs</li></ul>
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<p>Im Buch „The Violinist's Thumb“ beleuchtet Autor Sam Kean Teile von Sturtevants Leben und seiner Persönlichkeit.
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">A. Paululat, G. Purschke: Wörterbuch der Zoologie, Springer 2011, Eintrag Sturtevant</span>
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