Frans Alfons Janssens
✓ Source-basedrisingBelgian biologist and university teacher (1865-1924)
ScientistsLived 1863 to 1924 · aged 61
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Frans Alfons Ignace Maria Janssens was Catholic priest and the discoverer of crossing-over of genes during meiosis, which he called "chiasmatypie". His work was continued by the Nobel Prize winner Thomas Hunt Morgan to develop the theory of genetic linkage.
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Scientist
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Lived 1863 to 1924 · aged 61
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