Deborah Charlesworth
Deborah Charlesworth | |
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| Born | Deborah Maltby 13 March 1943 |
| Citizenship | British |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 daughter |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Evolutionary biology |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | Biometrical studies of some biochemical characters in the mouse (1969) |
| Doctoral students | Philip Awadalla |
| Other notable students | Gilean McVean (postdoc) |
Deborah Charlesworth FRS FRSE (née Maltby; born 1943) is a population geneticist from the UK, notable for her important discoveries in population genetics and evolutionary biology. Her most notable research is in understanding the evolution of recombination, sex chromosomes and mating system for plants.