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Jérôme Lejeune (1926−1994)
By: Maeen Arslan, Grace Fitzgerald
| Published: Aug 19, 2021
Jérôme Lejeune was a French physician and researcher who studied genetics and developmental disorders. According to the Jérôme Lejeune Foundation, in…
Down syndromeMongolismKaryotypeGenetic ScreeningGenetic Concepts
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (1890- )
By: Rachel Gur-Arie
| Published: Jun 21, 2014
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) is a non-profit research institution that specializes in cancer, neuroscience, plant biology, quantitative…
OrganizationWatson, James D., 1928-EugenicsBacteriophagesBrenner, Sydney
George Wells Beadle (1903-1989)
By: Divyash Chhetri
| Published: Mar 14, 2014
George Wells Beadle studied corn, fruit flies, and funguses in the US during the twentieth century. These studies helped Beadle earn the 1958 Nobel…
Beadle, George Wells, 1903-1989Genetics
Intraspecies Chimeras Produced in Laboratory Settings (1960-1975)
By: Sarah Taddeo
| Published: Nov 25, 2014
When cells-but not DNA-from two or more genetically distinct individuals combine to form a new individual, the result is called a chimera. Though…
ContextChimerismEmbryosEmbryonic Stem CellsMosaicism
Revive & Restore (2012– )
By: Risa Aria Schnebly
| Published: Dec 16, 2020
Revive and Restore is a California-based nonprofit that uses genetic engineering to help solve conservation problems, such as saving endangered…
OrganizationExtinction (Biology)MammothsMammuthusWoolly mammoth
Nikolai Ivanovic Vavilov (1887-1943)
By: Marci Baranski
| Published: Apr 15, 2014
Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov proposed theories of plant genetic diversity and participated in the political debate about genetics in Soviet Russia in…
Agrobiodiversity
Ethics of Designer Babies
By: Sarah Ly
| Published: Mar 31, 2011
A designer baby is a baby genetically engineered in vitro for specially selected traits, which can vary from lowered disease-risk to gender selection…
ethicsReproductionReproductive RightsGenetic EngineeringEugenics
Calvin Blackman Bridges (1889-1938)
By: Kevin Gleason
| Published: May 19, 2017
Calvin Blackman Bridges studied chromosomes and heredity in the US throughout the early twentieth century. Bridges performed research with Thomas…
DrosophilaHeredityInheritance of acquired charactersColumbia University--Graduate studentsMutation
Alfred Henry Sturtevant (1891–1970)
By: Kevin Gleason
| Published: May 20, 2017
Alfred Henry Sturtevant studied heredity in fruit flies in the US throughout the twentieth century. From 1910 to 1928, Sturtevant worked in Thomas…
DrosophilaHeredityInheritance of acquired charactersColumbia University--Graduate studentsMutation
Mary Frances Lyon (1925–2014)
By: Devangana Shah
| Published: Jul 04, 2025
Mary Frances Lyon studied gene expression and developed the theory of X-chromosome inactivation, also called Lyonization, during the twentieth…
Gene ExpressionX Chromosome InactivationLyon HypothesisLyonizationMutation