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Hermann Muller , Muller, Hermann
Muller, Hermann
Geneticist 1890-1967
Hermann Joseph Muller was one of the founding members of the "fly lab" that was initiated by Tho… Genetics , genetics, scientific study of the mechanism of heredity. While Gregor Mendel first presented his findings on the statistical laws governing the trans… Gene , The gene is the physical unit of heredity. For each physical trait—such as eye color, height, hair color—a person inherits two genes or two groups of… A.h. Sturtevant , Sturtevant, Alfred Henry
STURTEVANT, ALFRED HENRY
genetics.
Sturtevant was the youngest of six children of Alfred Henry Sturtevant and Harriet Evelyn… Genome , The genome (sometimes spelled geneome) is, in the broadest use of the term, the full set of genes or genetic material carried by a particular organis… Recombination , recombination, process of "shuffling" of genes by which new combinations can be generated. In recombination through sexual reproduction, the offsprin…
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