MULLER, Hermann Joseph (1890 – 1967)
1890 – 1967
3 entries in the GMN corpus.
Image source Alfred De Bat · The Journal of Science Fiction #4, 1953 · Public domain
1915 CE
#246
The mechanism of Mendelian heredity.
Summarizes the major early findings of Morgan’s Drosophila research group, which based its research on the rapidly reproducing small vinegar fly, Drosophila melanogaster, often called the fruit fly. This epoch-m…
1927 CE
#251.1
Artificial transmutation of the gene.
Muller showed that radiation causes mutations that are passed on from one generation to the next. This was the first suggestion that inherited traits might be altered or controlled, and it created a sensation: “…
1961 CE
#7468
Genetic nucleic acid: Key material in the origin of life.
Muller was one of the earliest proponents of a genetics-first theory for the origin of life.