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Robin Holliday
British molecular biologist known for proposing Holliday junctions (1932-2014) · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Died at 81
Robin Holliday was a British molecular biologist. Holliday described a mechanism of DNA-strand exchange that attempted to explain gene-conversion events that occur during meiosis in fungi. That model first proposed in 1964 and is now known as the Holliday Junction.
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United Kingdom
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1932 to 2014 · aged 81
