This is a list of people who have made notable contributions to genetics. The growth and development of genetics represents the work of many people. This list of geneticists is therefore by no means complete. Contributors of great distinction to genetics are not yet on the list.


Aa–Al

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Am–Ax

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Ba–Be

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Bi–Bo

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Br–Bu

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Ce–Ch

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Ci–Cu

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Da–De

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Do–Du

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Ga–Gi

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Gl–Gu

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He–Hi

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Ho–Hu

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Ka–Ki

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Kl–Ku

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La–Le

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Li–Ly

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Ma–Mc

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Me–Mi

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Mo–Mu

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Pa–Pi

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Pl–Pu

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  • Alfred Ploetz (1860–1940), German physician, biologist, eugenicist, introduced racial hygiene to Germany
  • Robert Plomin (born 1948), American/British psychologist and geneticist known for his work in twin studies
  • Paul Polani (1914–2006), Trieste-born UK pediatrician, major catalyst of medical genetics in Britain
  • Charles Pomerat (1905–1951), US cell biologist, pioneered the field of tissue culture
  • Guido Pontecorvo (1907–1999), Italian-born Scottish geneticist and pioneer molecular biologist
  • Alkes Price (Ph.D. 1997), American geneticist known for statistical methods to draw inference from genetic data, including genomic ancestry quantification and heritability estimation
  • George R. Price (1922–1975), brilliant but troubled US population geneticist and theoretical biologist
  • Peter Propping (1942–2016), German human geneticist, studies of epilepsy
  • Mark Ptashne (born 1940), US molecular biologist, studies of genetic switch, phage lambda
  • Ted Puck (1916–2005), US physicist, work in mammalian and human cell culture, genetics, cytogenetics
  • RC Punnett (1875–1967), early English geneticist, discovered linkage with William Bateson, stimulated G. H. Hardy
  • Shaun Purcell (21st century), British psychiatric geneticist who developed the PLINK genetic program
  • Lluis Quintana-Murci (born 1970), French-Spanish human population geneticist, human evolutionary genetics, evolution of immunity

Ra–Ri

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Ro–Ru

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Sa–Sc

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Se–Sh

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Sj–Sm

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Sn–Sp

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Su–Sz

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Wa–We

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Wh–Wi

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Wo–Wr

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  • Jian Yang (20th–21st century), Chinese geneticist, known for his work on the missing heritability of complex traits
  • Charles Yanofsky (1925–2018), US molecular geneticist, colinearity of gene and its protein product

See also

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References

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  1. ^ She is certainly notable enough for an article, but I am not competent to write one. (athel_cb)
  2. ^ No article, but as a member of the National Academy of Science he is clearly qualified for one.