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James Van Gundia Neel (March 22, 1915 - February 1, 2000) was an American geneticist who played a key role in the development of human genetics as a field of research in the United States.. Dr. James V. Neel, whose work helped uncover the genetic basis of sickle cell anemia and who led extensive studies of radiation's effects on the survivors of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and.

During his 39-year career in the U-M Medical School, Neel established one of the first clinics to evaluate and counsel people with hereditary diseases, as well as the first academic department of human genetics in the United States. Neel was the first scientist to recognize the genetic basis for sickle cell anemia.. Their e-mail message (Turner and Sponsel 2000) summarized the allegations made in the book against both James Neel and anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon. The e-mail message was widely circulated and was obtained by several journalists, leading to media reports, some of which accepted the unpublished allegations as fact.