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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
Calvin Bridges’ Experiments on Nondisjunction as Evidence for the Chromosome Theory of Heredity (1913-1916)
By: Kevin Gleason
| Published: May 18, 2017
From 1913 to 1916, Calvin Bridges performed experiments that indicated genes are found on chromosomes. His experiments were a part of his doctoral…
DrosophilaHeredityInheritance of acquired charactersColumbia University--Graduate studentsMutation
Serial Cultivation of Human Diploid Cells in the Lab (1958–1961) by Leonard Hayflick and Paul S. Moorhead
By: Christian H. Ross
| Published: Apr 27, 2017
From 1958 to 1961, Leonard Hayflick and Paul Moorhead in the US developed a way in the laboratory to cultivate strains of human cells with complete…
MMR VaccineRubellaRubella--VaccinationFetal tissuesOncogenic Viruses
Barbara McClintock's Transposon Experiments in Maize (1931–1951)
By: Federica Turriziani Colonna
| Published: Feb 09, 2017
Barbara McClintock conducted experiments on corn (Zea mays) in the United States in the mid-twentieth century to study the structure and function of…
TransposonsCornCytogeneticsChromosomesGenetics
Kurt Benirschke (1924-)
By: Karen Love
| Published: Apr 26, 2016
Kurt Benirschke studied cells, placentas, and endangered species in Germany and the US during the twentieth century. Benirschke was professor at the…
Developmental BiologyGeneticsEndangered SpeciesGene librariesEmbryology
The Y-Chromosome in Animals
By: Dorothy R. Haskett
| Published: May 28, 2015
The Y-chromosome is one of a pair of chromosomes that determine the genetic sex of individuals in mammals, some insects, and some plants. In the…
Y ChromosomeSex ChromosomesEmbryosDNAChromosomes
Telomeres and Telomerase in Cellular Aging (Senescence)
By: Zane Bartlett
| Published: Feb 11, 2015
Telomeres are sequences of DNA on the ends of chromosomes that protect chromosomes from sticking to each other or tangling, which could cause…
TelomeraseGreider, Carol W.Wistar Institute of Anatomy and BiologyAgingDNA
The Hayflick Limit
By: Zane Bartlett
| Published: Nov 14, 2014
The Hayflick Limit is a concept that helps to explain the mechanisms behind cellular aging. The concept states that a normal human cell can only…
CellsCell populationsCell DeathApoptosisCell Proliferation
"The Origin and Behavior of Mutable Loci in Maize" (1950), by Barbara McClintock
By: Federica Turriziani-Colonna
| Published: Oct 24, 2014
The Origin and Behavior of Mutable Loci in Maize, by Barbara McClintock, was published in 1950 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
LiteratureMcClintock, Barbara, 1902-1992ChromosomesTransposonsCorn
Angelman Syndrome
By: Jonathan North
| Published: Aug 12, 2014
Angelman syndrome is a disorder in humans that causes neurological symptoms such as lack of speech, jerky movements, and insomnia. A human cell has…
Angelman syndromeGenomic imprintingHuman chromosome 15--AbnormalitiesHuman chromosome 15Happy Puppet Syndrome