Barbara McClintock
Edith Hope Fine
Presents the life and career of the geneticist who spent many years studying the cells of maize and in 1983 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Read Time: ~1.8 hr
Gregor Mendel, and the roots of genetics
by Edward Edelson (1999)
About this book
Explores the life of Gregor Mendel, an Austrian monk whose experiments with pea plants became a foundation for modern genetics.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreGregor Mendel, and the roots of genetics Lead Character
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