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Hermann Joseph Muller (December 21, 1890 – April 5, 1967) was an American geneticist who was awarded the 1946 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, "for the discovery that mutations can be induced by X-rays".
Hermann Joseph Muller was an American geneticist who discovered the effect of X-rays on gene mutation and chromosome changes. He also formulated the principles of spontaneous gene mutation and the role of mutation in evolution.
Hermann Joseph Muller was an American geneticist best remembered for his demonstration that mutations and hereditary changes can be caused by X rays striking the genes and chromosomes of living cells. His discovery of artificially induced mutations in genes had far-reaching consequences, and he was.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Facts. Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. Hermann Joseph Muller. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1946. Born: 21 December 1890, New York, NY, USA. Died: 5 April 1967, Indianapolis, IN, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA.
Dec 1, 2005 · Although Hermann Joseph Muller is best remembered for his discovery that X-irradiation induces genetic mutations 1, for which he won the Nobel Prize, he made many influential contributions...
- James F. Crow
- 2005
Hermann J. Muller, the Nobel laureate in Medicine for 1946, delivered a lecture on the production of mutations and their role in evolution. He presented evidence that mutations are non-teleological, random, and harmful, and that they are the basis of natural selection.
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Learn about the life and work of Hermann Muller, who founded radiation genetics and received the Nobel Prize in 1946. He also advocated for social responsibility of science and germinal choice.
