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Hermann Joseph Muller (1890-1967)
By: Kevin Gleason
| Published: May 25, 2017
Hermann Joseph Muller studied the effects of x-ray radiation on genetic material in the US during the twentieth century. At that time, scientists had…
Muller, H. J. (Hermann Joseph), 1890-1967X-raysRadiationGeneticsMutation
Seed Banking 1979-1994
By: Marci Baranski
| Published: Jan 28, 2014
In the early twentieth century, scientists and agriculturalists collected plants in greenhouses, botanical gardens, and fields. Seed collection…
ContextGermplasm resources, PlantGermplasm resources, Plant--StorageAgrobiodiversityCrops
Oliver Allison Ryder III (1946– )
By: Bailey Renee, Karen Love
| Published: Sep 14, 2017
Oliver Allison Ryder studied chromosomal evolution and endangered species in efforts for wildlife conservation and preservation at the San Diego Zoo…
San Diego ZooEscherichia coliPrzewalski's horseQuaggaBenirschke, Kurt
The Case Against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering (2007), by Michael J. Sandel
By: Nathalie Antonios
| Published: Apr 18, 2011
The Case against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering, hereafter referred to as The Case against Perfection, written by Michael J.…
LiteratureGenetic EngineeringPublicationsethicsbioethics
Hermann Joseph Muller's Study of X-rays as a Mutagen, (1926-1927)
By: Kevin M. Gleason
| Published: Mar 07, 2017
Hermann Joseph Muller conducted three experiments in 1926 and 1927 that demonstrated that exposure to x-rays, a form of high-energy radiation, can…
X-raysRadiationGeneticsMutationDrosophila
Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc. (2013)
By: Abigail Cave
| Published: Aug 02, 2024
In the 2013 legal case Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc., hereafter AMP v. Myriad, the United States Supreme Court held in…
PatentNucleotide sequenceBreast CancerBRCA1 geneBRCA2 gene
Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis
By: Nathalie Antonios
| Published: Mar 24, 2011
Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) involves testing for specific genetic conditions prior to the implantation of an embryo in the uterine wall.…
TechnologyPreimplantation DiagnosisReproductionFertilizationgenetic testing
Lysogenic Bacteria as an Experimental Model at the Pasteur Institute (1915-1965)
By: Valerie Racine
| Published: Oct 10, 2014
Lysogenic bacteria, or virus-infected bacteria, were the primary experimental models used by scientists working in the laboratories of the Pasteur…
ContextInstitut Pasteur (Paris, France)BacteriaEscherichia coliMonod, Jacques
“A Linkage Between DNA Markers on the X Chromosome and Male Sexual Orientation” (1993), by Dean H. Hamer and Charles A. Thomas.
By: Christina Nguyen
| Published: Apr 13, 2017
In 1993, Dean H. Hamer and colleagues in the US published results from their research that indicated that men with speicifc genes were more likely to…
HomosexualityMale homosexualityGeneticsX chromosomeGenetic sex determination