Genetics
Genetics scientists
Genetics
Gregor Mendel
http://www.biography.com/people/gregor-mendel-39282#synopsis
Alfred Day Hershey
http://www.dnaftb.org/18/bio-2.html
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1969/hershey-bio.html
Barbara McClintock
Barbara McClintock was born on June 16, 1902 in Hartford Connecticut. She earned her B.S and M.S degrees in botany at Cornell University, and received her Ph.D. in the Botany at Cornell in 1927. Although women were not allowed to major in Genetics at Cornell, she became a highly influential member of a small group who studied Maize cytogenetics, the genetic study of Maize at the cellular level. She enjoyed playing tennis. Each fall, she was often seen on the Cold Spring Harbor grounds collecting black walnuts for use in baked goods that she gave to a favored few of her colleagues. In addition to her brilliance as a geneticist, many people remember her quick wit and her sense for fun. She was dedicated to, and passionate about, her work, and was happiest in the cornfield or in her laboratory. It was at Cold Spring Harbor that McClintock figured out the process of transposition in corn chromosomes. For this and her other work, McClintock was awarded an unshared Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1983.
http://www.dnaftb.org/32/bio.html