Guido Pontecorvo
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Guido Pontecorvo (29 November 1907, Pisa, Italy - 25 September 1999) was a Italian geneticist.
[edit] Career
He fled to Britain in 1938.
- Institute of Animal Genetics, University of Edinburgh, 1938-40 and 1944-45
- Department of Zoology, University of Glasgow, 1941-44
- Dept of Genetics, University of Glasgow, 1945-68 (Professor 1956-68)
- Honorary Dietorr, MRC Unit of Cell Genetics, 1966-68
- Member of research staff, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, 1968-75
- Honorary Consultant Geneticist, ICRF, 1975-80
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1955.
He was one of 7 children. He is brother to Gillo Pontecorvo and Bruno Pontecorvo.
[edit] External links
- Bernard L. Cohen. Guido Pontecorvo ("Ponte"), 1907–1999. Genetics Society of America: genetics.org. Retrieved on 2006-09-04.
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