An absorbing portrait of the pioneering molecular biologist best known for demonstrating that DNA is the genetic component of phages, through essays and reminiscences from twenty-three distinguished scientists whose work and careers were influenced by the man and his science.
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ALFRED DAY HERSHEY DIED AT HIS HOME, in the Village of Laurel Hollow, NY, on May 22,1997 at the age of 88. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
labeled phage particles, lysing phage, phage lines, surplus antigen, molecular halves, phage equivalents, antiphage serum, radioactive phage, offspring particles, phage membranes, phage crosses, unadsorbed phage, surviving phage, illegitimate crossing, genetics research unit, superinfecting phage, phage meeting, joining sequences, inactivated phage, intracellular phage, prophage insertion, uninfected bacteria, cohesive sites, phage progeny, phage species Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cold Spring Harbor, Year Book, New York, Public Health Service, Elizabeth Burgi, Department of Genetics, Carnegie Inst, Martha Chase, Alan Garen, Laura Ingraham, National Institutes of Health, Hershey-Chase Paper, George Streisinger, Johns Hopkins University, Annual Report Introductions, Fred Frankel, John Cairns, Phyllis Bear, Gisela Mosig, Anna Marie Skalka, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Jun-ichi Tomizawa, Mark Adams, Nobel Lecture, Rudolf Werner New!
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ALFRED DAY HERSHEY DIED AT HIS HOME, in the Village of Laurel Hollow, NY, on May 22,1997 at the age of 88. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
labeled phage particles, lysing phage, phage lines, surplus antigen, molecular halves, phage equivalents, antiphage serum, radioactive phage, offspring particles, phage membranes, phage crosses, unadsorbed phage, surviving phage, illegitimate crossing, genetics research unit, superinfecting phage, phage meeting, joining sequences, inactivated phage, intracellular phage, prophage insertion, uninfected bacteria, cohesive sites, phage progeny, phage species Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cold Spring Harbor, Year Book, New York, Public Health Service, Elizabeth Burgi, Department of Genetics, Carnegie Inst, Martha Chase, Alan Garen, Laura Ingraham, National Institutes of Health, Hershey-Chase Paper, George Streisinger, Johns Hopkins University, Annual Report Introductions, Fred Frankel, John Cairns, Phyllis Bear, Gisela Mosig, Anna Marie Skalka, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Jun-ichi Tomizawa, Mark Adams, Nobel Lecture, Rudolf Werner New!
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- Annual Report 2004 by Social Science Research Unit on page 11, and page 157
- Introduction to Genetics by A.H. Sturtevant on page 303
- Biographical Memoirs: V.78 (Biographical Memoirs: A Series) by Office of the Home Secretary on page 19
- Biographical Memoirs: V.54 (Biographical Memoirs: A Series) by Office of the Home Secretary on page 19
- The Dream of Gerontius by John Henry Newman in Back Matter
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- Watson and DNA: Making a Scientific Revolution by Victor K. Mcelheny in Back Matter
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