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Dame Anne McLaren

English geneticist
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Dame Anne Laura Dorinthea McLaren
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April 26, 1927, London, Eng.
Died:
July 7, 2007, near London (aged 80)

Dame Anne McLaren (born April 26, 1927, London, Eng.—died July 7, 2007, near London) was an English geneticist who pioneered fundamental advances in mammalian genetics and embryology that contributed to a greater understanding of reproductive biology and paved the way for advances in in vitro fertilization and other fertility treatments. McLaren was raised in London and in Bodnant, Wales. She studied zoology at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, receiving a Ph.D. in 1952. That same year, at University College London (UCL) with her husband, Donald Michie, she began fundamental research into the mechanisms driving the embryonic skeletal development of mice. She ...(100 of 294 words)

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