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New York Aquarium. Fish Genetics Laboratory. Office of Geneticist. Myron Gordon records
Fonds
Identifier: 3021
Abstract
The collection holds records from Myron Gordon, Geneticist at the New York Aquarium’s Fish Genetics Laboratory. Gordon, who also held a staff appointment at the American Museum of Natural History, was known for his research on the genetic aspects of and mechanisms for speciation, sex determination, and tumor development in platyfish and swordtails, the fishes that comprise the Xiphophorus genus. The collection includes correspondence, subject files, and...
Dates:
1900 - 1978; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1958
Found in:
Wildlife Conservation Society Archives
New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research. Research Associate. Gloria Hollister Anable papers
Collection
Identifier: 1006
Abstract
Gloria Hollister Anable, nee Gloria Hollister, was a naturalist and ichthyologist who, from 1928-1941, was employed as a Research Associate under Dr. William Beebe in the New York Zoological Society’s Department of Tropical Research. As a Research Assistant, she specialized in preparing ichthyological specimens, and she developed a new technique for preparing fish specimens in which the skin and internal organs of the fish were made transparent, rendering their skeletons far more useful for...
Dates:
1914 - 2005; Majority of material found within 1926 - 1947
Found in:
Wildlife Conservation Society Archives
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