| Leif Andersson | |
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| Born | 17 September, 1954 Stockholm, Sweden | 
| Awards | Wolf Prize in Agriculture (2014) Björkénska priset (2017) | 
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Stockholm, Uppsala University | 
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology,Uppsala University | 
| Main interests | Biologist | 
| Notable ideas | Animal Genetics | 
Leif Andersson (born 1954) is a Swedish animal geneticist and professor of functional genomics at Uppsala University. [1] In 2014,he won the Wolf Prize in Agriculture alongside Jorge Dubcovsky. [2] He was inducted into the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 2002 [1] and is a foreign member of the National Academy of Sciences. [3] He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2017. [4]
Andersson grew up in Stockholm. [3] After completing his undergraduate degree,he worked at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. He completed his Ph.D. at Uppsala University. [3] In 2012,Andersson and a team of researchers mapped the pig genome. [5] Andersson has also researched animal domestication,the domestic chicken genome, [6] and the genetics of the white horse. [7]