Scott F. Gilbert, clip 2

Scott Gilbert is professor of biology at Swarthmore College where he teaches developmental genetics, embryology, and the history and critiques of biology.

nettie stevens, thomas hunt morgan, developmental genetics, edmund wilson, theodor boveri, scott f gilbert, embryology, sex chrmosomes, 1904

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16250. Specialized chromosomes determine sex.

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