Research milestones: 1950 - 1959
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1950 |
Obese mouse is discovered by Margaret Dickie at Jackson. The first animal model for obesity, the mouse later proves to have a key mutation in the leptin gene. |
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1951 |
Morris / Hawkes estate donates Highseas |
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1954 |
Leroy Stevens develops an ovary transplant procedure that enables mutant strains to be propagated even if the mutation causes the animal to die before it can reproduce. |
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1954 |
Jackson Laboratory celebrates 25th anniversary; William Castle in attendance. |
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1956 |
C. C. Little retires; Dr. Earl Green appointed as new director. |
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1956 |
Acquisition of Morrell Park from Louise Drexel Morrell. Built in 1898 as Robin Hood Park, the land was used for carriage, harness, and flat horse racing; renamed in 1919 in memory of Morrell’s husband. |
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1958 |
Margaret Green at Jackson starts a card-file database of mouse linkages and loci, which forms the foundation of the Mouse Genome Database. Eventually, the National Institutes of Health begins supporting the database. | |
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1958 |
“Live linkage map” created for Montreal Conference by Margaret Green. |
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1959 |
Morrell Park animal facility construction finished on November 8. |
Next Timeline: 1960 - 1969
