Hally Jolivette Sax
Hally Delilia Mary Sax, was an American botanist known for her work on the chromosomal structure of plant species and how it is affected by radiation and other mutagens.
Biography
Jolivette received her A.B. in 1906 and her A.M. in 1909 — both from the University of Wisconsin — and her Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1912. She taught at the University of Wisconsin, Stanford, and Washington State College. While at the latter institution, she met and, in 1915, married the botanist Karl Sax, one of her cytology students. They later had three sons.She worked for a year for the U.S. Department of Agriculture before taking up a position as an instructor of botany in 1916 at Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts. It appears she taught there at least five years.
She often collaborated with her husband, Karl Sax, on chromosomal studies, especially those related to the effects of radiation and chemicals on chromosomal structure.
Publications
;Solo authored- Spore-formation in Geoglossum glabrum Pers.
- Spore-formation in Philocopra coeruleotecta
- Chromosome numbers in Quercus
- Chromosome pairing in Larix species
- Polyploidy and apomixis in Cotoneaster
- Polyploidy in Enkianthus
- Chromosome behavior in a genus cross
- Chromosome number and morphology in the conifers
- Chromosome structure and behavior in mitosis and meiosis
- Stomata size and distribution in diploid and polyploid plants
- The cytogenetics of generic hybrids of Sorbus
- Cycasin: Radiomimetic effects
- Radiomimetic beverages, drugs, and mutagens
- Possible mutagenic hazards of some food additives, beverages and insecticides
- Radiomimetic effects on Veratrum
- Effects of sonic energy on chromosomes