Roy John Britten
Roy John Britten | |
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| Born | 1 October 1919 |
| Died | 21 January 2012 (aged 92) |
| Education | Upper Canada College University of Virginia (B.S. Physics) Johns Hopkins University (Ph.D. Physics), Princeton University (Ph.D. 1951) |
| Known for | Discovery of repeated DNA sequences |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Molecular Biology |
| Institutions | Carnegie Institution of Washington, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, California Institute of Technology |
| Thesis | The Scattering of 32 MeV Protons from Several Elements |
Roy John Britten (1 October 1919 – 21 January 2012) was an American molecular biologist known for his discovery of repeated DNA sequences in the genomes of eukaryotic organisms, and later on the evolution of the genome.