Charlotte Auerbach
Charlotte Auerbach · Science & Medicine
Geneticist who discovered chemical mutagenesis, showing that chemicals can cause genetic mutations.
1899, Krefeld, Germany — 1994, Edinburgh, Scotland
Germany · United Kingdom
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Auerbach was a geneticist who discovered chemical mutagenesis, demonstrating that mustard gas and other chemicals can cause genetic mutations — a finding that founded the field of mutation research. She was Jewish, born to a German-Jewish scientific family, and fled Nazi Germany for Scotland, where she spent her career at the University of Edinburgh.
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Geneticist who discovered chemical mutagenesis, showing that chemicals can cause genetic mutations.
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