“In fact they are historical, carrying the baggage of their evolutionary past, and have not been designed at all. They are often far from logical, nor are they generally elegant. They work, and that is enough.” — Matthew Cobb Copy Share Image
“the transforming principle could not be made of DNA because nucleic acids were all alike. As” — Matthew Cobb Copy Share Image
“DNA composition was constant in all tissues of a given species, but each species had its own profile.” — Matthew Cobb Copy Share Image
“The genetic code is a product of biology and is messy, illogical and inelegant. It is highly redundant, but to bewilderingly varied degrees: one… — Matthew Cobb Copy Share Image
“Wiener and Rosenblueth showed that purposeful, goal-directed behaviour can be seen in organisms and machines, and that it operates through what is known as… — Matthew Cobb Copy Share Image
“As Jacob put it in 1977, natural selection does not design, it tinkers with what is available.” — Matthew Cobb Copy Share Image
“Genes were no longer mysterious embodiments of specificity, they were information – a code – that could be transmitted (another word from the electronic… — Matthew Cobb Copy Share Image
“In fact they are historical, carrying the baggage of their evolutionary past, and have not been designed at all. They are often far from… — Matthew Cobb Copy Share Image
“In the discussion, Gulland was asked about the possibility that a DNA molecule might be a helix, held together by the presence of evenly… — Matthew Cobb Copy Share Image
“By the end of the 1940s, support for the hypothesis that DNA had a fundamental role in heredity had grown much stronger.” — Matthew Cobb Copy Share Image
“In typically generous fashion, Crick was offering Nirenberg the opportunity to step into history as the man who had cracked the genetic code.” — Matthew Cobb Copy Share Image
“Every result converged on the same conclusion: the transforming principle was composed of DNA. The discussion section of the article outlined the genetic context… — Matthew Cobb Copy Share Image
“Avery had described one of the most momentous discoveries in the history of science, and no one could think of anything to say.” — Matthew Cobb Copy Share Image
