George Davis Snell D.Sc.

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1980
Nobel co-recipients: Baruj Benacerraf, Jean Dausset

Geneticist, Transplantation Immunologist. Genetically determined structures on cell surface that regulate immunological reactions, the major histocompatibility complex, HLA. Thesis work on linkage in mice largely determined future work. Interest: social evolution.

"In examining histocompatibility genetics as one of several potential new undertakings, I thought I saw possibilities for new openings."

Books

Summary: An extensive survey of human evolution from a genetic and anthropological standpoint which argues that the origins of ethical behavior can be traced to particular periods and structures of human society.

The library of Jackson Laboratory has an extensive Snell archive, a useful Snell reprint collection, and a full Snell bibliography.

George Davis Snell
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