Stevens, Nettie Maria
American biologist 1861-1912
Nettie Maria Stevens was a prominent biologist who discovered that the sex of an organism was determined by a specific chromosome. Although her resea...
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Nettie Maria Stevens
1861-1912
American Cytogeneticist
Nettie Stevens hypothesized that chromosomes in sperm determine the gender of embryos when fertilization of an egg occurs. Her research confirmed...
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Nettie Maria Stevens
1861-1912
American Zoologist and Geneticist
Nettie Stevens provided evidence that sex is determined through the inheritance of specific chromosomes in germ cells, and she later di...
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Biologist Nettie Maria Stevens (1861-1912) discovered that chromosomes determine sex.Nettie Maria Stevens was a biologist and cytogeneticist and one of the first American women to be recognized for he...
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Nettie Maria Stevens was a biologist and cytogeneticist and one of the first American women to be recognized for her contributions to scientific research. "She...produced new data and new theories," w...
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Nettie Maria Stevens was a biologist and cytogeneticist and one of the first American women to be recognized for her contributions to scientific research. "She...produced new data and new theories," w...
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Nettie Maria Stevens was born in Cavendish, Vermont, on July 7, 1861. She was an outstanding student, who finished high school during a time when most women never even reached that educational level. ...
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Nettie Maria Stevens was born in Cavendish, Vermont, on July 7, 1861. She was an outstanding student, who finished high school during a time when most women never even reached that educational level. ...
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