DNA Pioneers and Their Legacy
Ulf Lagerkvist • Yale University Press • ISBN-13 978‑0300071849
DNA Pioneers and Their Legacy
Ulf Lagerkvist • Yale University Press
ISBN-10: 0300071841 · ISBN-13: 978‑0300071849 · 1998
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Ulf Lagerkvist provides a scholarly yet accessible examination of the foundational figures in molecular biology. Through a series of biographical sketches, the author chronicles the intellectual breakthroughs and personal challenges faced by the scientists who decoded the structure and function of nucleic acids, effectively tracing the evolution of modern genetics from its early twentieth-century origins to its transformative legacy.
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