Barbara McClintock

Barbara McClintock

female, deceased (1992)
University of Missouri–Columbia faculty, Erasmus Hall High School alumni, National Academy of Sciences, crossing-over, genetic map, centromere…cytogenetics
Barbara McClintock was a pioneering American scientist and one of the world's most distinguished cytogeneticists. McClintock received her PhD in...
Harriet Creighton

Harriet Creighton

female, deceased (2004)
Cornell University, Wellesley College, Botanist, Cornell University alumni, Cornell University faculty, Educator…cytogenetics
Harriet Baldwin Creighton (27 June 1909 - January 9 2004) was an American botanist, geneticist and educator. Born in Delevan, Illinois, Creighton...
Walther Flemming

Walther Flemming

male, deceased (1905)
Zellsubstanz, Kern und Zelltheilung, geneticist, aniline, in vivo, cell division, Salamander…cytogenetics
Walther Flemming (born April 211843 in Sachsenberg, Germany; died August 41905 in Kiel) was a founder of the study of cytogenetics. He was born as...
Karl Sax

Karl Sax

male, deceased (1973)
From Spokane, Wellesley College, geneticist, chromosome, Harvard, American…cytogenetics
Karl Sax (November 2 1892 - October 8 1973) was an American botanist and geneticist, in particular he was noted for his research in cytogenetics...
R. Ellen Magenis

R. Ellen Magenis

female, 84 years old
Indianapolis, Indiana University, geneticist, zoology, physician, Pediatrician…cytogenetics
R. Ellen Magenis (1925-) is a distinguished American pediatrician, medical geneticist and cytogeneticist. She was born in Gary, Indiana and...
Nettie Stevens

Nettie Stevens

female, deceased (1912)
Breast cancer death, Bryn Mawr College alumni, Bryn Mawr College, embryology, cytogenetics, chromosomal
Nettie Maria Stevens (July 7,1861 - May 4,1912) was an early American geneticist. She and Edmund Beecher Wilson were the first researchers to...
Alain Pompidou

Alain Pompidou

male, 67 years old
embryology, histology, From France, Member of the European Parliament, French, cytogenetics
Prof. Alain Pompidou (born April 5 1942, Paris, France) is a French scientist and politician. A former professor of histology, embryology and...
Widukind Lenz

Widukind Lenz

male, deceased (1995)
World War II, luftwaffe, German, geneticist, eugenics, physician…cytogenetics
Widukind Lenz (1919-1995) was a distinguished German pediatrician, medical geneticist and dysmorphologist who was among the first to recognize the...
Marcus Morton Rhoades

Marcus Morton Rhoades

male, deceased (1991)
geneticist, pre-meiotic, chromosomes, cytogenetics, plant breeding, somatic pairing
Marcus Morton Rhoades (July 24, 1903 in Graham, Missouri - December 30, 1991) was an American cytogeneticist. His research on maize led to...

Berwind P. Kaufmann

male, deceased (1975)
Botanist, Biologist, University of Pennsylvania alumni, geneticist, chromosome, American…cytogenetics
Berwind P. Kaufmann (1897-1975) was an important American biologist. After starting off as a botanist looking at plant chromosomes, …