Who was Nettie Stevens?
Q: Who was Nettie Stevens?
A: Nettie Maria Stevens was an early American geneticist.
Q: What did Nettie Stevens discover?
A: Nettie Stevens discovered sex chromosomes.
Q: How did Nettie Stevens discover sex chromosomes?
A: Nettie Stevens saw two kinds of sperms in male mealworms. One had a large chromosome and one had a small chromosome. They were sex chromosomes, which later became known as the X and Y chromosomes.
Q: Who was Nettie Stevens' advisor when she received her PhD in cytology?
A: Thomas Hunt Morgan was Nettie Stevens' advisor when she received her PhD in cytology.
Q: Where did Nettie Stevens work during her short career?
A: Nettie Stevens worked at Bryn Mawr College, Naples Zoological Station and the University of Würtzburg during her short career.
Q: Did Nettie Stevens receive any awards for her work?
A: Yes, Nettie Stevens won an award of $1,000 for the best scientific paper written by a woman for one of her papers written in 1905.
Q: What was the title of Nettie Stevens' major sex determination work?
A: The title of Nettie Stevens' major sex determination work was "Studies in Spermatogenesis" and it was published by the Carnegie Institution of Washington in a two-part monograph.
