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Barbara McClintock's Transposon Experiments in Maize (1931–1951)
By: Federica Turriziani Colonna
| Published: Feb 09, 2017
Barbara McClintock conducted experiments on corn (Zea mays) in the United States in the mid-twentieth century to study the structure and function of…
TransposonsCornCytogeneticsChromosomesGenetics
Barbara McClintock (1902-1992)
By: Federica Turriziani Colonna
| Published: Jul 05, 2014
Barbara McClintock worked on genetics in corn (maize) plants and spent most of her life conducting research at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in…
McClintock, Barbara, 1902-1992ChromosomesTransposonsCornDNA Transposable Elements
Curt Jacob Stern (1902-1981)
By: Dasia Garcia
| Published: Jun 23, 2017
Curt Jacob Stern studied radiation and chromosomes in humans and fruit flies in the United States during the twentieth century. He researched the…
ChromosomesHeredityMitosisDrosophilaDrosophila melanogaster
“A Syndrome of Infantilism, Congenital Webbed Neck, and Cubitus Valgus” (1938), by Henry Hubert Turner
By: Megha Pillai
| Published: Jul 02, 2024
In 1938, physician Henry Hubert Turner published “A Syndrome of Infantilism, Congenital Webbed Neck, and Cubitus Valgus,” hereafter “A Syndrome of…
Turner SyndromeNoonan SyndromeFemale Pseudo-Turner SyndromeInfantilism, GenitalGonadotropin-Releasing Hormone
"The Origin and Behavior of Mutable Loci in Maize" (1950), by Barbara McClintock
By: Federica Turriziani-Colonna
| Published: Oct 24, 2014
The Origin and Behavior of Mutable Loci in Maize, by Barbara McClintock, was published in 1950 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
LiteratureMcClintock, Barbara, 1902-1992ChromosomesTransposonsCorn
“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
Theodor Heinrich Boveri (1862-1915)
By: Inbar Maayan
| Published: Mar 03, 2011
Theodor Boveri investigated the mechanisms of heredity. He developed the chromosomal theory of inheritance and the idea of chromosomal individuality…
PeopleHeredityBiography
Noninvasive Fetal Aneuploidy Detection for Trisomy 21, 13, and 18
By: Cassidy Possehl
| Published: Apr 06, 2017
Noninvasive fetal aneuploidy detection technology allows for the detection of fetal genetic conditions, specifically having three chromosomes, a…
TechnologyDown syndromeAneuploidyLo, Y. M. DennisCleft Palate
"Genetic Evidence Equating SRY and the Testis-Determining Factor" (1990), by Phillippe Berta et al.
By: Troy Cox
| Published: Jan 10, 2014
In the late 1980s, Peter Goodfellow in London, UK led a team of researchers who showed that the SRY gene in humans codes a protein that causes testes…
TestisY ChromosomeEmbryosChromosomesSex Chromosomes
Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome
By: Mary Drago
| Published: Jun 05, 2014
Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (AIS) is a human disorder in which an individual's genetic sex (genotype) differs from that individual's observable…
AndrogensAndrogens--PathophysiologyIntersexualityIntersex peopleAndrogen-Insensitivity Syndrome