Meselson, Stahl, and the Replication of DNA: A History of "The Most Beautiful Experiment in Biology"

by Frederic Lawrence Holmes and Frederic L. Holmes

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In 1957 two young scientists, Matthew Meselson and Frank Stahl, produced a landmark experiment confirming that DNA replicates as predicted by the double helix structure Watson and Crick had recently proposed. It also gained immediate renown as a "most beautiful" experiment whose beauty was tied to its simplicity. Yet the investigative path that led to the experiment was anything but simple, Frederic L. Holmes shows in this masterful account of Meselson...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0300085400

ISBN13:9780300085402

Release Date:November 2001

Publisher:Yale University Press

Length:528 Pages

Weight:2.00 lbs.

Dimensions:1.4" x 5.4" x 11.6"

Related Subjects

Basic Sciences Biochemistry Biological Sciences Biology Biology & Life Sciences Diagnostics & Labs Education & Reference Evolution Genetics History & Philosophy

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