Edward Novitski

Edward Novitski
Born(1918-07-24)July 24, 1918
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
DiedJune 29, 2006(2006-06-29) (aged 87)
EducationPurdue University, California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Known forWork on Drosophila genetics
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; the Edward Novitski Prize was named in his honour
Scientific career
FieldsDrosophila genetics
InstitutionsUniversity of Rochester, University of Missouri, Caltech, University of Oregon, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Edward Novitski (July 24, 1918 – June 29, 2006) was an American geneticist. He won a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1945, and 1974.[1] The Edward Novitski Prize was named for him.[2]

Life

He was born in Wilkes-Barre. He experimented with Drosophila in high school,[3] and his later research mainly concerned Drosophila genetics, both at the beginning of his career,[4][5] and also at the end.[6] He graduated from Purdue University, and California Institute of Technology. He did research at the University of Rochester, University of Missouri, and at Caltech. From 1951 to 1956, he taught at the University of Missouri. He led the Drosophila genetics group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. From 1958 to 1983, he taught at the University of Oregon.[7]

In addition to his work on Drosophila genetics, Novitski also concerned himself with more general matters, such as R. A. Fisher's conclusion that Mendel's results with the garden pea were "too good to be true".[8]

Works

  • Genetics and biology of Drosophila, 1976[9]
  • Human genetics, 1977[10]
  • Sturtevant and Dobzhansky Two Scientists at Odds, 2005[11][12]

References

  1. ^ "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Edward Novitski". Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  2. ^ "Edward Novitski Prize". Genetics Society of America. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  3. ^ Hargittai, Istvan (2002-03-15). Candid Science Ii: Conversations With Famous Biomedical Scientists. World Scientific. ISBN 978-1-78326-139-0.
  4. ^ Sturtevant, A. H.; Novitski, E. (1941). "The Homologies of the Chromosome Elements in the Genus Drosophila". Genetics. 26 (5): 517–541. doi:10.1093/genetics/26.5.517. PMC 1209144.
  5. ^ Novitski, Edward. "Genetic Analysis of an Anomalous Sex Ratio Condition in Drosophila Affinis". Genetics. 32 (5): 526–534. doi:10.1093/genetics/32.5.526. PMC 1209394.
  6. ^ Novitski, E; Grace, D; Strommen, C (1981). "The entire compound autosomes of Drosophila melanogaster". Genetics. 98 (2): 257–273. doi:10.1093/genetics/98.2.257. PMC 1214438.
  7. ^ Crow, James F; Lindsley, Dan; Lucchesi, John (2006-10-01). "Edward Novitski: Drosophila Virtuoso". Genetics. 174 (2): 549–553. doi:10.1534/genetics.104.65953. ISSN 1943-2631. PMC 1602066. PMID 17068121.
  8. ^ "On Fisher's criticism of Mendel's results with the garden pea". Genetics. 166 (3): 1133–1136. 2004. doi:10.1534/genetics.166.3.1133. PMC 1470775.
  9. ^ M. Ashburner; E. Novitski, eds. (1976). Genetics and biology of Drosophila, vol. 1B. Academic Press. ISBN 978-0120649020.
  10. ^ Novitsky, Edward (1977). Human genetics. Macmillan. ISBN 978-0023885501.
  11. ^ Novitsky, Edward (2005). Sturtevant and Dobzhansky Two Scientists at Odds. Xlibris. ISBN 978-1413470840.
  12. ^ Xlibris is to some degree a vanity press.



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