Letter from John Burton Sanderson Haldane to Francis Crick

Letter from John Burton Sanderson Haldane to Francis Crick

Contributor(s):
Haldane, J. B. S. (John Burdon Sanderson), 1892-1964
The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Francis Harry Compton Crick Papers
Crick, Francis, 1916-2004
Publication:
Produced: 6 May 1959
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Awards and Prizes
Molecular Biology
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Letters (correspondence)
Abstract:
In this letter, Haldane, the population geneticist, evolutionary biologist, popularizer of science, and free-thinking intellectual, raised astute questions about the effect of gene mutation on protein synthesis and the function of nonsense triplets, triplets of nucleotides that do not code for proteins.
Copyright:
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Extent:
1 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584582X129 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
SCBBJZ
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584582X129
Archival Collection:
The Francis Crick Papers (Profiles in Science)