Berwind P. Kaufmann
Deceased Person
1897 – 1975
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Who was Berwind P. Kaufmann?
Berwind P. Kaufmann was an important American biologist. After starting off as a botanist looking at plant chromosomes, Berwind Kaufmann ended up making pioneering contributions to three principal fields of basic cytogenetics:
the formation of chromosomal rearrangements by exposure to ionizing radiation;
the identification of specialized regions of the somatic chromosomes of the fruit fly Drosophila;
and the determination of the biochemical composition of both plant and animal chromosomes using purified enzymes.
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- Born
- 1897
- Also known as
- Berwind Kaufmann
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- University of Pennsylvania
- Died
- 1975
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on July 23, 2013
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