Reconceiving the Gene – Seymour Benzer′s Adventures in Phage Genetics by Lawrence Holmes - 2006

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2006. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Blue cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, sparsely illustrated in b&w. Book has mild wear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ has mild rubbing, shelfwear.

ISBN: 9780300110784
Yale University Press | 01 January 2006
Hardback | 334 pages
A fascinating and detailed chronicle, "Reconceptualizing the Gene" relates how, between 1954 and 1961, the biologist Seymour Benzer mapped the fine structure of the rII region of the genome of the bacterial virus known as phage T4. Benzer's accomplishments and discoveries are widely recognized as a tipping point in mid-twentieth-century molecular biology when the nature of the gene was recast in molecular terms. More often than any other individual, he is considered to have led geneticists from the classical gene into the molecular age. Drawing on Benzer's remarkably complete record of his experiments, his correspondence, and published sources, Frederic Lawrence Holmes reconstructs how the former physicist initiated his work in phage biology, and how he accomplished his landmark investigation. The book follows Benzer's investigative pathway as his research unfolded and shifted, and as he adapted to opportunities or… Read More

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Hardback. New. Relates how, between 1954 and 1961, the biologist Seymour Benzer mapped the fine structure of the rII region of the genome of the bacterial virus known as phage T4. Drawing on Benzer's record of his experiments, This book reconstructs how the former physicist initiated his work in phage biology, and how he accomplished his investigation.

Yale University Press, 2006-06-21. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

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