Dorothea Bennett
Dorothea Bennett | |
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| Born | December 27, 1929 Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Died | August 16, 1990 (aged 60) Houston, Texas |
| Education | Barnard College, Columbia University |
| Known for | Genetics of early mammalian development |
| Awards | Honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Medicine at Uppsala University (1981) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Genetics |
| Institutions | Department of Zoology at Columbia; Cornell University Medical College; Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research; University of Texas, Austin |
Dorothea Bennett (December 27, 1929 in Honolulu, Hawaii – August 16, 1990 in Houston, Texas) was a geneticist, known for the genetics of early mammalian development and for research into mammalian sperm surface structures and their role in fertilization and spermatogenesis. She was "one of the major figures in mouse developmental genetics".