Adriano Buzzati-Traverso | |
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Born | 6 April 1913 Milan, Italy |
Died | 22 April 1983 Milan | (aged 70)
Scientific career | |
Fields | Genetics |
Adriano Buzzati-Traverso (6 April 1913, Milan, Italy – 22 April 1983) was an Italian geneticist. In 1962 he founded in Naples the Laboratorio Internazionale di Genetica e Biofisica (International Laboratory of Genetics and Biophysics).[1]
The name of the fly Drosophila buzzatii, often used in genetical and evolutionary studies, derives from this significant Italian scientist.
He was the brother of the well-known writer Dino Buzzati.