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jan 1, 1955 - Joe Hin Tjio

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This scientist worked on counting chromosomes and was the first to accurately count the number of chromosomes in a typical human cell. He counted the chromosomes from a photograph of human embryonic lung tissue in 1955.

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jan 1, 1955
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~ 70 years ago

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