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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

IRWIN, M. Robert (1897 – 1987)

1897 – 1987

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1936

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Immunogenetic studies of species and of species hybrids in doves, and the separation of species-specific substances in the backcross.

IRWIN, M. Robert (1897 – 1987)
COLE, Leon Jacob (1877 – 1948)
COLE, Leon Jacob (1877 – 1948)

Irwin coined the term, “immunogenetics” to describe the union of immunology with genetics. He attempted to determine the genetic control of antigenicity through genetic cross matings.