Archana Sharma | |
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Born | Pune, Maharashtra, India | 16 February 1932
Died | 14 January 2008 | (aged 75)
Occupation(s) | Botanist · Cytogeneticist · Cell biologist · Cytotoxicologist |
Spouse | Arun Kumar Sharma |
Archana Sharma was a renowned Indian botanist, cytogeneticist, cell biologist, and cytotoxicologist.[1] Her widely recognized contributions include the study of speciation in vegetatively reproducing plants, induction of cell division in adult nuclei, the cause of polyteny in differentiated tissues in plants, cytotaxonomy of flowering plants, and the effect of arsenic in water.[2]