David Botstein
David Botstein · Science & Medicine
Geneticist who pioneered the use of DNA markers to map the human genome.
1942, Zurich, Switzerland
Switzerland · United States
David Botstein is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Geneticist who pioneered the use of DNA markers to map the human genome.
Born in Zurich to a Jewish family that later settled in the United States, Botstein proposed in 1980 that naturally occurring DNA variations could serve as genetic markers to build a map of the human genome — an idea that launched modern human genetics and the Human Genome Project. He led genetics programs at MIT, Stanford and Princeton.
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Geneticist who pioneered the use of DNA markers to map the human genome.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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