Biologist Dr. Nettie Stevens’s greatest contribution to science was this discovery.
- Insulin controls diabetes
- Chromosomes determine sex
- Dialysis to replace kidney function
- Human livers regenerate
Biologist Dr. Nettie Stevens’s greatest contribution to science was this discovery.
Chromosomes determine sex. Working with initially with meal worms, Stevens discovered two X chromosomes determine a female and one X chromosome and one Y chromosome determine a male. Her first study was published in 1905.