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• n  a biologist who specializes in genetics

• A geneticist-turned-broadcaster has introduced millions to the wonders of the natural world.
• It relied heavily on the work of a diminutive Indian geneticist named Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan.
• Stephen Harrison, a geneticist at Britain's Royal Agricultural College who will perform the DNA testing on the Riwoche, cautions that any modern breed of horse if left in the wild .

News & Articles

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• UW geneticist who discovered breast-cancer genes flying high over Supreme Court ruling
  The University of Washington geneticist who discovered the breast cancer genes at the heart of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision said Thursday that she’s “as high as the flag on the Fourth of July.”
  June 14, 2013 - Seattle Times
• Local Geneticist Celebrates Court Ruling That Genes Cannot Be Patented
  A University of Pennsylvania geneticist is hailing today's Supreme Court ruling that says naturally occurring human genes cannot be patented.
  June 13, 2013 - CBS Philadelphia
• Geneticist speculates humans could have big eyes, foreheads in future
  NEW YORK, June 8 (UPI) -- One possibility for human evolution could be people with much larger eyes and foreheads 100,000 years from now, a computational geneticist speculates.
  June 9, 2013 - UPI

Quotes

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• Francis Collins in TechCombo (blog)
  Dr. Guttmacher brings a unique combination of expertise and experience to this new role,said Francis S. Collins, MD, Ph.D., director of the NIH. "A highly regarded pediatrician and medical geneticist, he has served in a number of important...
• Sir Alec Jeffreys in New Scientist (subscription)
  As a geneticist I would greatly value the potential enormous power of the database for research,says Alec Jeffreys, who invented DNA fingerprinting. "But it's a gross infringement of civil liberties."
• Elias Zerhouni in National Institutes of Health (press release)
  Dr. Guttmacher is a highly regarded pediatric geneticist who has played a significant leadership role at NHGRI over the past six years. His appointment as acting director of NHGRI will assure a seamless transition,said Dr. Zerhouni, adding...