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Frans Alfons Janssens

Belgian biologist
Frans Alfons Ignace Maria Janssens was Catholic priest and the discoverer of crossing-over of genes during meiosis, which he called "chiasmatypie". His work was continued by the Nobel Prize winner Thomas Hunt Morgan to develop the theory of... Wikipedia
Born: July 23, 1865, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Died: October 8, 1924 (age 59 years), Wichelen, Belgium