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Mary Frances Lyon (1925–2014)

Mary Frances Lyon Mary Lyon was one of the most notable geneticists of the 20th century. She is renowned for her discovery of X inactivation, an early example of epigenetic gene regulation, but she alsomade fundamental contributions to the entire field of genetics. Mary was born on May 15, 1925 in Norwich, in the rural east of the United Kingdom. She was the first child of Clifford James Lyon, ...

Cornelia Marvin and Mary Frances Isom: Leaders of Oregon's Library Movement

Free public libraries, and “modern” library methods, arrived late in the Pacifi c Northwest. Two individuals were particularly infl uential in the introduction, growth, and professionalization of library service in the state of Oregon: Cornelia Marvin (later Pierce), of the Oregon Library Commission and the Oregon State Library (1905–28), and Mary Frances Isom of the Library Association of Port...

Nutrition of Horses and Mules

THE PRINCIPLES of the nutrition of horses and mules ^ fundamentalh^ are not unlike those of other domestic livestock. Thus^ for body building and maintenance, for growth, and for production, the horse and mule have need for protein, carbohydrates, fats, minerals, and vitamins, much as these essentials are required for similar vital processes by cattle, sheep, swine, and poultry. The relative im...

Rice MULEs Transpose in Yeast

Named for their mutational effect, Mutatorlike transposable elements (MULEs) in plant genomes transpose frequently and can also acquire pieces of genomic DNA, forming Pack-MULEs; movement and recombination of genomic fragments by Pack-MULEs can alter the regulation of existing genes and may form new genes (Jiang et al., 2004; reviewed in Chénais et al., 2012). MULEs have terminal inverted repea...