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This French chemist presented his germ theory of fermentation in an 1857 paper, "On Lactic Fermentation"

It's defined as a change in the hereditary material of an organism's cells

The Drosophilidae family of this insect is used extensively in genetics because of its short, 10-day life cycle

While trying to create these precious stones in a lab, Edward Acheson came up with carborundum

In 1890 William Halsted became the first surgeon to wear these during an operation

He was just trying to make things glow in the dark when he discovered X-rays in 1895

In 1895 Aleksandr Popov & this Italian separately came up with the antenna to improve radio reception

In 1892 Jupiter's moon Amalthea became the last satellite discovered without using this process

Our sun is classified as the yellow type of these "small" stars

Like those of the genus Malus, most wild apples are of this tart "crustacean" type