Thomas H. Morgan(1866–1945)
MedicineThomas Hunt Morgan was an American evolutionary biologist, geneticist, embryologist, and science author who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1933 for discoveries elucidating the role that the chromosome plays in heredity.
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Awards & Recognition
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1933for his discoveries concerning the role played by the chromosome in heredity
IndependentMost Cited Works
Top publications by citation count#1
Prestige, conformity and gender consistency support a broad-context mechanism underpinning mate-choice copying
Evolution and human behavior(2023)
6
citations
#3
Experimental Evidence for the Co-Evolution of Hominin Tool-Making Teaching and Language
Nature Communications(2014)
462
citations
#4
Is Non-genetic Inheritance Just a Proximate Mechanism? A Corroboration of the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis
Biological Theory(2013)
75
citations
Recent Publications
View all worksPrestige, conformity and gender consistency support a broad-context mechanism underpinning mate-choice copying
Evolution and human behavior2023
6citations
4citations
Experimental Evidence for the Co-Evolution of Hominin Tool-Making Teaching and Language
Nature Communications2014
462citations
Open AccessIs Non-genetic Inheritance Just a Proximate Mechanism? A Corroboration of the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis
Biological Theory2013
75citations
Open AccessIn this issue
Nature reviews genetics2005
0citations
Open Access3citations
Experimental Morphology
Nature
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Open AccessCo-winners
Shared the same award in the same year
Education
Columbia University
Johns Hopkins University
University of Kentucky
Doctoral Advisors
Career Timeline
Bryn Mawr College1891–1904
Columbia University1904–1927
California Institute of Technology1928–present
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