Walter Sutton
Walter Sutton | |
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| Born | April 5, 1877 |
| Died | November 10, 1916 (aged 39) |
| Education | University of Kansas Columbia University |
| Known for | Boveri–Sutton chromosome theory Surgical improvements |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Genetics, medicine |
| Doctoral advisor | Edmund B. Wilson |
| Other academic advisors | C. E. McClung |
Walter Stanborough Sutton (April 5, 1877 – November 10, 1916) was an American geneticist and biologist whose most significant contribution to present-day biology was his theory that the Mendelian laws of inheritance could be applied to chromosomes at the cellular level of living organisms. This is now known as the Boveri–Sutton chromosome theory.