A Speculative History of DNA: What If Oswald Avery Had Died in 1934?

This speculative Essay explores the consequences of the imagined premature death of Oswald Avery, who in 1944 provided evidence that genes are made of DNA. Four imaginary alternate routes to the genetic function of DNA are outlined, each of which highlights different aspects of the actual process of...

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Autor principal: Cobb, Matthew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5178992/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28006030
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2001197
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spelling pubmed-51789922017-01-04 A Speculative History of DNA: What If Oswald Avery Had Died in 1934? Cobb, Matthew PLoS Biol Essay This speculative Essay explores the consequences of the imagined premature death of Oswald Avery, who in 1944 provided evidence that genes are made of DNA. Four imaginary alternate routes to the genetic function of DNA are outlined, each of which highlights different aspects of the actual process of discovery. Public Library of Science 2016-12-22 /pmc/articles/PMC5178992/ /pubmed/28006030 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2001197 Text en © 2016 Matthew Cobb http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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