Albert Levan (1905–1998) was a Swedish cytogeneticist who, in collaboration with Joe Hin Tjio, identified the correct number of chromosomes in humans.
Keywords: diploid chromosome number; cytogenetics; Joe Hin Tjio
Levan, Albert
Maj A Hultén, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
Karl Fredga, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Published online: September 2006
DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0006253
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Figure 1. Albert Levan (1905–1998). Photo courtesy of Göran Levan (ca. 1980).
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| Further Reading | |
| Hultèn MA (2002) Numbers, bands and recombination of human chromosomes: historical anecdotes from a Swedish student. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 96: 14–19. | |
| Levan A (1938) The effect of colchicine on root mitoses of Allium. Hereditas 24: 471–486. | |
| Levan A (1956) Chromosome studies on some human tumors and tissues of normal origin grown in vivo and in vitro at the Sloan-Kettering Institute. Cancer 9: 648–663. | |
| Levan A and Hauschka TS (1952) Chromosome numbers of three mouse ascites tumors. Hereditas 38: 252–255. | |
| Levan A (1978) The background of the determination of the human chromosome number. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 130: 725–726. | |
| Tjio J-H and Levan A (1956) The chromosome number of man. Hereditas 42: 1–6. | |
| Tjio J-H (1970) The chromosome number of man. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 130: 723–724. | |
