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Thomas Hunt Morgan. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1933. Born: 25 September 1866, Lexington, KY, USA. Died: 4 December 1945, Pasadena, CA, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, CA, USA.
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Thomas Hunt Morgan (September 25, 1866 – December 4, 1945) [2] was an American evolutionary biologist, geneticist, embryologist, and science author who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1933 for discoveries elucidating the role that the chromosome plays in heredity.
Thomas Hunt Morgan was an American zoologist and geneticist, famous for his experimental research with the fruit fly (Drosophila) by which he established the chromosome theory of heredity. He showed that genes are linked in a series on chromosomes and are responsible for identifiable, hereditary.
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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1933 was awarded to Thomas Hunt Morgan "for his discoveries concerning the role played by the chromosome in heredity"
In 1933, Thomas Hunt Morgan received the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his work in establishing the chromosomal theory of inheritance. He shared the prize money with his children, and those of his long-time colleagues, Alfred Sturtevant and Calvin Bridges.
Morgan's work on the role of chromosomes in heredity was recognized in 1933 with the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. He continued to work until his death on December 4, 1945, at age...