Muriel Wheldale Onslow

Muriel Wheldale Onslow (born March 31, 1880, Birmingham, Eng.—died May 19, 1932) was a British biochemist whose study of the inheritance of flower colour in the common snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus) contributed to the foundation of modern genetics. She also made important discoveries concerning the biochemistry of pigment molecules in plants, particularly the group of pigments known as anthocyanins. Muriel was the only daughter of barrister John Wheldale. She attended an all-girls school in Birmingham before...