Born in 1946 in Savur, Turkey, to a farmer father and illiterate mother. Grew up in rural area with extended family and agricultural work. Received excellent education from Atatürk and his progressive family. Excelling in soccer and chemistry, inspired to become a scientist
Lethal alleles cause death of organisms carrying them. First discovered by Lucien Cuénot in 1905 studying mouse coat color. Yellow mutation in agouti gene caused unexpected 1:2 ratio of agouti to yellow mice
Nucleases cleave phosphodiester bonds between nucleotides in nucleic acids. They are classified as exonucleases (ends) or endonucleases (molecules). Nucleases are essential for DNA repair and molecular cloning
Born in 1946 in Savur, Mardin, Turkey to a lower-middle-class family. Graduated from Istanbul University as top student in 1969. Earned PhD from University of Texas at Dallas in 1977
Rare autosomal recessive genetic disease affecting DNA repair. Occurs in about 1 per 130,000 live births. Named after Swiss pediatrician Guido Fanconi. Higher frequency in Ashkenazi Jews and Afrikaners
Homologous chromosomes are pairs of chromosomes with similar genes. They differ in length, centromere position, and staining pattern. One chromosome comes from mother, other from father. Humans have 46 chromosomes total, 22 pairs of homologous autosomes