Rollins Adams Emerson | |
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Born | Pillar Point, New York, United States | May 5, 1873
Died | December 8, 1947 | (aged 74)
Education | University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Harvard |
Spouse | Harriet Hardin |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Genetics, Plant Biology |
Institutions | University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Cornell University |
Thesis | The inheritance of a recurring somatic variation in variegated ears of maize (1914) |
Doctoral advisor | Edward Murray East |
Doctoral students | George F. Sprague, George Wells Beadle, Milislav Demerec, Marcus Morton Rhoades, Lewis Stadler |
Other notable students | Barbara McClintock |
Rollins Adams Emerson (May 5, 1873 – December 8, 1947) was an American geneticist who rediscovered the laws of inheritance established by Gregor Mendel.