240:. Her main research focus was on mapping human genes. She served on the university senate between 1981 and 1985 and was Chair of the University Discipline Committee between 1990 and 1994. She was granted full professorship in 1985. From 1993 until her death, she was Chair of the Department of Human Genetics.
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on 1 October 1998. Her grave is in
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