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Muriel Wheldale Onslow (1880-1932)
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Muriel Wheldale Onslow studied flowers in England with genetic and biochemical techniques in the early twentieth century. Working with geneticist William Bateson, Onslow used Mendelian principles and biochemical analysis together to understand the inheritance of flower colors at the beginning of the twentieth century. Onslow's study of snapdragons, or Antirrhinum majus, resulted in her description of epistasis, a phenomenon in which the phenotypic effect of one gene is influenced by one or more other genes. She discovered several biochemicals related to color formation. Onslow's methodology also partly contributed to the establishment of the field of chemical genetics.
Date Created
2013-10-17
Contributors
- Hauserman, Samantha (Author)
- Zou, Yawen (Editor)
- Arizona State University. School of Life Sciences. Center for Biology and Society. Embryo Project Encyclopedia. (Publisher)
- Arizona Board of Regents (Publisher)
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- People
- Muriel Wheldale Onslow
Language
eng
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Peer-reviewed
Yes
Open Access
Yes
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10776/6321
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- 2023-04-20 05:31:32
- 1 year 7 months ago
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