Job Description:

• 1) Studies inheritance and variation of characteristics in forms of life: Performs experiments to determine laws, mechanisms, and environmental factors in origin, transmission, and development of inherited traits.

• 2) Analyzes determinants responsible for specific inherited traits, such as color differences, size, and disease resistance to improve or to understand relationship of heredity to maturity, fertility, or other factors.

• 3) Devises methods for altering or producing new traits, making use of chemicals, heat, light, or other means.