X-ray induced mutation (Muller)
Mutación inducida por rayos X
- Date
- 1927 · confidence high
- Place
- University of Texas, Austin, United States
- Credited to
- Hermann J. Muller; concept of mutation by Hugo de Vries (1901)
- People
- 👤 Hermann Joseph Muller1890–1967
- Field
- Life & health
What was discovered
He demonstrated that radiation multiplies the mutation rate in Drosophila, proving that genes are physical, alterable entities and that mutation is the source of evolutionary variation.
Nobel Prize 1946.
What it led to
- radiation genetics and radiological protection
- mutagenesis in plant breeding
- understanding of cancer through mutation
- warnings about nuclear weapons
Built on
- X-rays1895
- De Vries's mutations in Oenothera
Made possible
- targeted mutagenesis
- genetic screening