Catarina Satie Takahashi, Brazilian geneticist (Bauru, São Paulo State 20 April 1942 –
From Japanese ancestry
Showed that low doses of radiation are able to induce chromosome breaks enhancing the rate of chromosomal translocations
Cytogenetical studies of the effects of high natural levels in Tityus bahiensis (Scorpiones, Butidae) from Morro do Ferro, Brazil. Radiation Research 67:371-81, 1976
With S. Ichikawa observed that scattering radiations display mutagenic action more efficient than direct radiations (1977)
With Cristiano Profeta patented an electric trough for electrophoresis in slides (2013)