Stephen Maxson
American geneticist
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Stephen Clark Maxson is an American behavior geneticist and professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Connecticut.[2] He first joined the faculty of the University of Connecticut in 1969 as an assistant professor.[3] He is known for his research on the link between aggression and the Y chromosome in mice, for which he received the Dobzhansky Award from the Behavior Genetics Association in 1998.[4]
CitizenshipAmerican
AlmamaterUniversity of Chicago (S.B., 1960; Ph.D., 1966)[1]
Awards1998 Dobzhansky Award from the Behavior Genetics Association
Stephen C. Maxson | |
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| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago (S.B., 1960; Ph.D., 1966)[1] |
| Awards | 1998 Dobzhansky Award from the Behavior Genetics Association |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Behavior genetics Psychology |
| Institutions | University of Connecticut |
| Thesis | The effect of genotype on brain mechanisms involved in audiogenic seizure susceptibility (1966) |
| Doctoral advisor | Benson E. Ginsburg |
