Genetics
Zack James
Branches of Genetics
Special thanks to AJ Mitchell, Tate Werner
Gregor Johann Mendel
Alfred Day Hershey
Barbara Mcclintock
Born on June 16, 1902 in Hartford, CT
1919 She graduated from Erasmus Hall High School, Brooklyn
1919-1925 She earns undergraduate(1923) and graduate(1925) Degrees in Botany, Cornell University
1927 Received PhD(botany), Cornell University
1927-1931 Instructor and Researcher in maize genetics
1936-1940 Assistant Professor of Genetics, University of Missouri at Columbia
1944 Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
1945 Elected President, Genetics Society of America
She was the first to figure out transposition in corn chromosomes.
Sources
http://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/ps/retrieve/Narrative/LL/p-nid/4
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