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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
Angelman Syndrome
By: Jonathan North
| Published: Aug 12, 2014
Angelman syndrome is a disorder in humans that causes neurological symptoms such as lack of speech, jerky movements, and insomnia. A human cell has…
Angelman syndromeGenomic imprintingHuman chromosome 15--AbnormalitiesHuman chromosome 15Happy Puppet Syndrome
The Human Genome Diversity Project (1991–2002)
By: Matthew Tontonoz
| Published: Aug 10, 2025
The Human Genome Diversity Project, or HGDP, was an effort led by US-based scientists to collect DNA from members of Indigenous communities living…
GenomeHuman Genome Diversity ProjectHuman Genome ProjectNational Center for Human Genome Research (U.S.)Indigenous People
Charles Rotimi (1957– )
By: Tea Zawilak
| Published: Aug 09, 2025
Charles Rotimi is a researcher who studies the etiology of complex diseases and health disparities and advocates for the inclusion of greater racial…
EpidemiologyGenomicsAfrican PeopleGenetic epidemiologyHuman genetics--Variation
Boris Ephrussi (1901-1979)
By: Divyash Chhetri
| Published: Sep 15, 2014
Boris Ephrussi studied fruit flies, yeast, and mouse genetics and development while working in France and the US during the twentieth century. In…
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.MutationTissue cultureDrosophilaTissue Transplantation
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
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
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
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