The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA |
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Page 126
... biological principle . " Knowing that Griffith was interested in theoretical schemes for gene replication , he popped out with the idea that the perfect biological principle was the self - replication of the gene — that is , the ability ...
... biological principle . " Knowing that Griffith was interested in theoretical schemes for gene replication , he popped out with the idea that the perfect biological principle was the self - replication of the gene — that is , the ability ...
Page 132
... biology division of Cal Tech and arranged a Polio Foundation fellowship , to start in September 1952 . This March , however , I had written Delbrück that I wanted another Cambridge year . Without any hesita- tion he saw to it that my ...
... biology division of Cal Tech and arranged a Polio Foundation fellowship , to start in September 1952 . This March , however , I had written Delbrück that I wanted another Cambridge year . Without any hesita- tion he saw to it that my ...
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... biological systems told us to build two - chain models . The way to get on , in his opinion , was to reject any argument which did not arise from the chemistry of nucleic - acid chains . Since the experimental evidence known to us could ...
... biological systems told us to build two - chain models . The way to get on , in his opinion , was to reject any argument which did not arise from the chemistry of nucleic - acid chains . Since the experimental evidence known to us could ...
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