Elliot Meyerowitz
Elliot Meyerowitz · Science & Medicine
Plant biologist who elucidated the genetic control of flower development
1951, United States
United States
Elliot Meyerowitz is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Plant biologist who elucidated the genetic control of flower development
Elliot Meyerowitz is an American plant biologist at Caltech who helped establish Arabidopsis thaliana as a model organism and, with Enrico Coen, proposed the 'ABC model' of flower development in 1991, explaining how combinations of genes specify floral organs. His work is foundational to modern plant genetics. He is included in scholarly listings of Jewish scientists.
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Plant biologist who elucidated the genetic control of flower development
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
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