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GARROD, Sir Archibald Edward (1857 – 1936)

GARROD, Sir Archibald Edward (1857 – 1936)

1857 – 1936

2 entries in the GMN corpus.

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1909 CE

#244.1

Inborn errors of metabolism.

Garrod established chemical individuality as a paradigm of Mendelian variation. His study, which he began around the turn of the 20th century, coincided with the rediscovery of Mendel's laws of inheritance in 1900. He…

1931 CE

#253.2

The inborn factors in disease.

Garrod argued that chemical individuality could result in individuals having a predisposition to certain diseases. This view has become particularly significant in light of the establishment of recombinant DNA methods…