Royal Alexander Brink

Who is this?

Royal Alexander Brink (16 September 1897 – 2 October 1984), also known as R. A. Brink, was a Canadian-born American plant geneticist and plant breeder at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He is best known for discovering paramutation in maize, a phenomenon in which one allele induces a heritable change in another without altering DNA sequence.

Career

1. 1897
   Born
2. 1984
   Passed away
3. 1984
   Won Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal
4. Member of National Academy of Sciences

Trivia

• •Known as: geneticist