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A plant genetically modified that accumulates Pb is especially promising for phytoremediation (2003), by Carmina Gisbert et al.

By: Ernest Nkansah-Dwamena | Published: Dec 30, 2014

In 2003, Carmina Gisbert and her research team produced a tobacco plant that could remove lead from soil. To do so, they inserted a gene from wheat…

PhytoremediationtobaccoLeadSoil Pollutioncadmium

"Genetic Programming: Artificial Nervous Systems, Artificial Embryos and Embryological Electronics" (1991), by Hugo de Garis

By: Julia Damerow | Published: Jun 10, 2010

In 1991, Hugo de Garis' article "Genetic Programming: Artificial Nervous Systems, Artificial Embryos and Embryological Electronics" was published in…

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The Genetic Control and Cytoplasmic Expression of 'Inducibility' in the synthesis of B-galactosidase" (1959), by Arthur B. Pardee, Francois Jacob, and Jacques Monod

By: Abhinav Mishra | Published: May 28, 2015

Between 1957 and 1959, Arthur Pardee, Francois Jacob, and Jacques Monod conducted a set of experiments at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, France,…

Genetic transformationGenetic recombinationEnzyme KineticsMessenger RNANobel Prize winners

"Formation of Genetically Mosaic Mouse Embryos and Early Development of Lethal (t12/t12)-Normal Mosaics" (1964), by Beatrice Mintz

By: Adam R. Navis | Published: Jan 13, 2009

The paper "Formation of Genetically Mosaic Mouse Embryos and Early Development of Lethal (t12/t12)-Normal Mosaics," by Beatrice Mintz, describes a…

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Sheldon Clark Reed (1910-2003)

By: Cassidy Possehl | Published: Jun 10, 2017

Sheldon Clark Reed helped establish the profession of genetic counseling in the US during the twentieth century. In 1947 Reed coined the term genetic…

Genetic CounselingCystic FibrosisDrosophilaGeneticsHmong Americans

Gattaca (1997)

By: Grace Kim | Published: Feb 09, 2017

Gattaca is a 1997 science fiction film produced in the US that depicts a future society that uses reproductive technology and genetic engineering in…

LiteratureEugenicsGenetic EngineeringReproductive technologyBiotechnology

Franz Josef Kallmann (1897–1965)

By: Jessica Resnick | Published: Apr 06, 2017

Franz Josef Kallmann studied the biological and genetic factors of psychological disorders in Germany and the United States in the twentieth century…

SchizophreniapsychologyGenetic psychologyHuman GeneticsHomosexuality
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Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza (1922–2018)

By: Tea Zawilak | Published: Aug 10, 2025

Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza (1922–2018) was a researcher whose work explored the relationships between human genetic diversity and historical…

genetic variationGenetic DriftAnthropologyHuman GeneticsPopulation genetics

Seed Banking 1979-1994

By: Marci Baranski | Published: Jan 28, 2014

In the early twentieth century, scientists and agriculturalists collected plants in greenhouses, botanical gardens, and fields. Seed collection…

ContextGermplasm resources, PlantGermplasm resources, Plant--StorageAgrobiodiversityCrops

Hermann Joseph Muller (1890-1967)

By: Kevin Gleason | Published: May 25, 2017

Hermann Joseph Muller studied the effects of x-ray radiation on genetic material in the US during the twentieth century. At that time, scientists had…

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