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Barbara J. Meyer
American biologist · United States · On the map · Scientists · Born 1949 · age 77
Barbara J. Meyer is a biologist and geneticist, noted for her pioneering research on lambda phage, a virus that infects bacteria; discovery of the master control gene involved in sex determination; and studies of gene regulation, particularly dosage compensation.
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Meyer's work has revealed mechanisms of sex determination and dosage compensation - that balance X-chromosome gene expression between the sexes in Caenorhabditis elegans that continue to serve as the foundation of diverse areas of study on chromosome structure and function today.
