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Oct 14, 1865 Brighton, England, United Kingdom Died on 06 Jun 1945 (aged 79)
British geneticist
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About Edith Rebecca Saunders
- Edith Rebecca Saunders (14 October 1865 – 6 June 1945) was a British geneticist and plant anatomist.
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- Haldane as the "Mother of British Plant Genetics", she played an active role in the re-discovery of Mendel's laws of heredity, the understanding of trait inheritance in plants, and was the first collaborator of the geneticist William Bateson.
- She also developed extensive work on flower anatomy, particularly focusing on the gynoecia, the female reproductive organs of flowers.
