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Thomas Hunt Morgan Research Paper

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When one thinks of Drosophila melanogaster, one should think of Thomas Hunt Morgan, a Noble Prize winner for discoveries regarding the chromosome and a recipient of the Darwin Medal. Morgan was born in Lexington, Kentucky on September 25th, 1866 and was the eldest son of his family. He attended the University of Kentucky, attaining a B.S. degree in 1886, and continued onto John Hopkins University where he studied morphology, a branch of biology dealing with the structure of plants animals (University of Sheffield 2012), and physiology, or the study of how living organisms function (Merriam-Webster). Growing up, he always collected fossils, and just following his graduation from the University of Kentucky, he engaged with laboratory research involving marine life. Following his graduation from John …show more content…

In 1904 Morgan married Lilian Vaughan Sampson, who would often assist him in research. They would go on to have one son and three daughters together. Also in 1904, he would be invited to Columbia University to serve as the Professor of Experimental Zoology. Morgan died on December 4th, 1945 (Nobel Prize, 2015). While still in graduate school, Morgan began studying regeneration in earthworms and would continue this study with other organisms in an attempt to discover how an egg or tissue is able to produce structural formation and become an adult. Morgan exhibited interest in sex determination and how the organism’s chromosomes had an impact on it. Upon becoming the Professor of Experimental Zoology

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