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Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS)
By: Matthew Tontonoz
| Published: Aug 10, 2025
A genome-wide association study, or GWAS, is a method for identifying variations in DNA that may contribute to the development of a particular trait…
Genome-Wide Association StudyGWA StudyGenome Wide Association AnalysisGenetic Linkage AnalysisPolymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
The International HapMap Project (2002–2016)
By: Matthew Tontonoz
| Published: Aug 10, 2025
Launched in 2002, the International HapMap Project was a collaborative effort among scientists from around the world to create a map of common…
HapMap ProjectHuman Haplotype MapInternational HapMap ProjectHaplotypesGenome, human
1,000 Genomes Project (2008–2015)
By: Matthew Tontonoz
| Published: Aug 10, 2025
The 1,000 Genomes Project, which began in 2008, was an international effort to create a detailed and publicly accessible catalog of human genetic…
Human genomeHuman Genome ProjectGenome-Wide Association StudyWhole Genome SequencingNational Human Genome Research Institute (U.S.)
Mary-Claire King (1946– )
By: Meilin Zhu
| Published: Aug 23, 2017
Mary-Claire King studied genetics in the US in the twenty-first century. King identified two genes associated with the occurrence of breast cancer,…
GeneticsBreast--Cancer--SusceptibilityBreast--Cancer--Prognosis--Statistical methods--CongressesBreast--Cancer--ResearchDNA fingerprinting
“Sex Limited Inheritance in Drosophila” (1910), by Thomas Hunt Morgan
By: Kevin Gleason
| Published: May 22, 2017
In 1910, Thomas Hunt Morgan performed an experiment at Columbia University, in New York City, New York, that helped identify the role chromosomes…
DrosophilaHeredityInheritance of acquired charactersColumbia University--Graduate studentsMutation
"The linear arrangement of six sex-linked factors in drosophila, as shown by their mode of association” (1913), by Alfred Henry Sturtevant
By: Kevin Gleason
| Published: May 22, 2017
In 1913, Alfred Henry Sturtevant published the results of experiments in which he showed how genes are arranged along a chromosome. Sturtevant…
DrosophilaHeredityInheritance of acquired charactersColumbia University--Graduate studentsMutation
Alfred Henry Sturtevant (1891–1970)
By: Kevin Gleason
| Published: May 20, 2017
Alfred Henry Sturtevant studied heredity in fruit flies in the US throughout the twentieth century. From 1910 to 1928, Sturtevant worked in Thomas…
DrosophilaHeredityInheritance of acquired charactersColumbia University--Graduate studentsMutation
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