Adriano Buzzati-Traverso
Adriano Buzzati-Traverso was an Italian geneticist. In 1962 he founded in Naples the Laboratorio Internazionale di Genetica e Biofisica.
The name of the fly Drosophila buzzatii, often used in genetical and evolutionary studies, derives from this significant Italian scientist.
He was the brother of the well-known writer Dino Buzzati.