Letter from Eric I. Hamilton to Francis Crick
- Contributor(s):
- The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Francis Harry Compton Crick Papers Crick, Francis, 1916-2004 Hamilton, Eric I.
- Publication:
- Produced: 20 August 1973
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Organelle Biogenesis Genetic Code Biological Evolution
- Genre(s):
- Archival Materials Letters (correspondence)
- Abstract:
- In his letter Hamilton speculated how recent findings in chemistry and biochemistry related to Crick's concept of directed panspermia, the idea that life on earth was deliberately seeded by an extraterrestrial civilization. Crick speculated that life on earth evolved from a single source--perhaps supplied externally--because the genetic code is universal to all organisms. Hamilton asked what the implications of a universal code were for the future course of evolution, if the genome was subjected to man-made mutation-inducing agents.
- Copyright:
- This item may be under copyright protection; contact the copyright owner for permission before re-use.
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101584582X177 (See in Profiles in Science)
- Profiles in Science ID:
- SCBBMP
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584582X177
- Archival Collection:
- The Francis Crick Papers (Profiles in Science)