Letter from Thomas H. Jukes to Francis Crick

Letter from Thomas H. Jukes to Francis Crick

Contributor(s):
The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Francis Harry Compton Crick Papers
Crick, Francis, 1916-2004
Jukes, Thomas H. (Thomas Hughes), 1906-1999
Publication:
Produced: 16 May 1974
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Genetic Code
Biological Evolution
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Letters (correspondence)
Abstract:
In his letter Jukes, a biophysicist and cancer researcher, evoked the excitement but also the occasional skepticism--voiced by the virologist (later the ecologist) Barry Commoner, the biochemist Erwin Chargaff, and the plant virologist Norman Pirie--about efforts to elucidate the genetic code in the early 1960s. In particular, Jukes recounted his realization that the genetic code was likely fraught with ancillary features that gave clues about the course of evolution.
Copyright:
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Extent:
2 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584582X175 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
SCBBMM
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584582X175
Archival Collection:
The Francis Crick Papers (Profiles in Science)