Susan Wessler
Susan Wessler · Science & Medicine
Plant geneticist of transposable elements; FMRS
1953, New York City, USA
United States
Susan Wessler is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Plant geneticist of transposable elements; FMRS
Wessler is a plant molecular geneticist (University of California, Riverside) renowned for deciphering how transposable elements generate genetic diversity, including her discovery of miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements (MITEs); she was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society. Her religious background is not documented in mainstream biographies; she appears in Jinfo's index of Jewish Foreign Members of the Royal Society.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews elected to Foreign Membership of the British Royal Society
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Plant geneticist of transposable elements; FMRS
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews elected to Foreign Membership of the British Royal Society
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