Genetics Collection, 1884-1971.

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Genetics Collection, 1884-1971.

This miscellaneous collection relates to numerous topics in genetics: cattle breeding (especially the American Jersey Cattle Club), longevity, radiation, International Congress of Genetics (the 10th, 11th, and 13th), Gregor Mendel, aid for refugee scientists, and the records of the Genetics Society of America (1947-1974).

ca. 1200 items (1.5 linear ft.).

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Bateson, William, 1861-1926

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William Bateson was a British biologist and geneticist. From the description of Papers, ca. 1875-1924. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122347511 From the description of Letters, 1902-1921. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122464674 From the guide to the William Bateson papers, ca. 1875-1924, Circa 1875-1924, (American Philosophical Society) William Bateson (1861-1926), biologist, was the son of Will...

Dempster, Everett R. (Everett Ross), 1903- .

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Mendel, Gregor, 1822-1884

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Bridges, Calvin B. (Calvin Blackman), 1889-1938

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American geneticist Calvin Blackman Bridges, 1889–1938, collaborated with T. H. Morgan, A. H. Sturtevant, and H. J. Muller, the group that developed many of the concepts of modern genetics through their study of the fruit fly, Drosophila. He continued with the Morgan group as a research associate of the Carnegie Institution in Washington from 1919. His contributions to modern genetics include the proof of the chromosome theory of heredity, formulation of the theory of ge...

Muller, H. J. (Hermann Joseph), 1890-1967

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George Washington Corner worked as an anatomist, endocrinologist, and medical historian. From the guide to the George Washington Corner papers, 1889-1981, 1903-1982, (American Philosophical Society) H.J. Muller established the field of production of genetic mutations through x-ray irradiation. He received the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology in 1946. From the description of [Collected reprints of H.J. Muller] 1916-1968. (Houston Academy of Medicine, Texas M...

American Jersey Cattle Club

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Umaersus, Magnhild.

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Virtanen, A. I. (Artturi Ilmari), 1895-1973

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Buzzati-Traverso, Adriano A.

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Genetics society of America

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The Genetics Society of America was established in 1931 out of the combination of the Joint Genetics Section of the American Society of Zoologists and the Botanical Society of America, with the aim of facilitating communication among scientists with an interest in research and education in genetics and cognate fields. Periodically, the Society has taken an active stance on issues of public policy relating to genetics, most notably in the debate over the putatively heritable correlat...

Demerec, M. (Milislav), 1895-1966

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Milislav Demerec, who immigrated from Yugoslavia in 1919, worked as a geneticist at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York from 1923-1960. His major work was in maize genetics, on Drosophila virilis, and radiation and chemical mutagens. From the description of Papers, 1919-1966. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122464703 Papers of James V. Neel, pioneering human population geneticist and professor in the Department of Human Ge...

International Congress of Genetics

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Schindler, Alois

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Stadler, Janice B., 1912- .

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Gowen, John W. (John Whittemore), 1893-

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Lederberg, Joshua

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Professor of Genetics at Stanford Medical School (1959-1978). Lederberg received a Nobel prize in 1958 and became president of Rockefeller Univeristy in 1978. From the description of Stanford University, ACME Project, records, 1961-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122446055 Lederberg earned his Ph.D. at Yale University in 1947. He taught genetics at the University of Wisconsin before coming to the Stanford University School of Medicine in 1959 as Professor of genetics an...

Hollaender, Alexander, 1898-1986

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Hollaender (1898-1986). Biologist (biophysics, radiation biology, and chemical matagenesis) and Director of the Division of Biology at the Atomic Energy Commission's Oak Ridge National Laboratory from 1946 to 1966. From the description of Addition to papers, 1935-1975. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86123380 Alexander Hollaender is a geneticist who served as director of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory from 1946 to 1966. From the description of Papers, 1950-1970...