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Clarence Paul Oliver

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Clarence Paul Oliver
Born(1898-11-08)November 8, 1898
DiedJuly 10, 1991(1991-07-10) (aged 92)
EducationUniversity of Texas
Known forHuman genetics and pseudoallelism
Scientific career
FieldsGenetics
InstitutionsUniversity of Minnesota
University of Texas at Austin
Doctoral advisorHermann Joseph Muller

Clarence Paul Oliver (November 8, 1898 – July 10, 1991), known to his friends as "Pete", was an American geneticist. Born in Dexter, Missouri, he attended college at University of Texas receiving a BA in 1925. He continued his studies at University of Texas completing a PhD in the laboratory of Hermann Joseph Muller in 1931. From 1932 to 1946 he was a member of the faculty of University of Minnesota where future nobelist Edward B. Lewis worked in his lab as an undergraduate. From 1946 to his retirement in 1971, he was a faculty member at University of Texas, where he studied human genetics and pseudoallelism.

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