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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". [2]
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1946 was awarded to Hermann Joseph Muller "for the discovery of the production of mutations by means of X-ray irradiation"
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.
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Hermann Joseph Muller (1890-1967) was a geneticist who is best remembered for receiving a Nobel Prize in 1946 for his work in the field of radiation genetics, which he founded. Muller joined the faculty of Indiana University in 1945 and he retired in 1964.
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.
Hermann Joseph Muller (December 21, 1890–April 5, 1967) was born in New York City. He received a B.A. in 1910 and a Ph.D. in 1915, both from Columbia University, where he was a student of T.H. Morgan in his Drosophila laboratory.
Hermann Joseph Muller was a professor, geneticist, and Nobel laureate who is best known as the founder of the field of radiation genetics, in addition to being a co-founder of the American school of classical genetics.