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> [“Avery had described one of the most momentous discoveries in the history of science, and no one could think of anything to say.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-cobb/avery-had-described-one-of-the-most-momentous-discoveries-in-the/)

[Matthew Cobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-cobb/)

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## More by Matthew Cobb

> [“the transforming principle could not be made of DNA because nucleic acids were all alike. As”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-cobb/the-transforming-principle-could-not-be-made-of-dna-because-nucleic/)

[Matthew Cobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-cobb/)

> [“DNA composition was constant in all tissues of a given species, but each species had its own profile.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-cobb/dna-composition-was-constant-in-all-tissues-of-a-given-species-but/)

[Matthew Cobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-cobb/)

> [“The genetic code is a product of biology and is messy, illogical and inelegant. It is highly redundant, but to bewilderingly varied degrees: one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-cobb/the-genetic-code-is-a-product-of-biology-and-is-messy-illogical-and/)

[Matthew Cobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-cobb/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-cobb/wiener-and-rosenblueth-showed-that-purposeful-goal-directed-behaviour/)

[Matthew Cobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-cobb/)

> [“As Jacob put it in 1977, natural selection does not design, it tinkers with what is available.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-cobb/as-jacob-put-it-in-1977-natural-selection-does-not-design-it-tinkers/)

[Matthew Cobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-cobb/)

> [“Genes were no longer mysterious embodiments of specificity, they were information – a code – that could be transmitted (another word from the electronic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-cobb/genes-were-no-longer-mysterious-embodiments-of-specificity-they-were/)

[Matthew Cobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-cobb/)

> [“In fact they are historical, carrying the baggage of their evolutionary past, and have not been designed at all. They are often far from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-cobb/in-fact-they-are-historical-carrying-the-baggage-of-their/)

[Matthew Cobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-cobb/)

> [“In the discussion, Gulland was asked about the possibility that a DNA molecule might be a helix, held together by the presence of evenly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-cobb/in-the-discussion-gulland-was-asked-about-the-possibility-that-a-dna/)

[Matthew Cobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-cobb/)

> [“By the end of the 1940s, support for the hypothesis that DNA had a fundamental role in heredity had grown much stronger.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-cobb/by-the-end-of-the-1940s-support-for-the-hypothesis-that-dna-had-a/)

[Matthew Cobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-cobb/)

> [“In typically generous fashion, Crick was offering Nirenberg the opportunity to step into history as the man who had cracked the genetic code.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-cobb/in-typically-generous-fashion-crick-was-offering-nirenberg-the/)

[Matthew Cobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-cobb/)

> [“Every result converged on the same conclusion: the transforming principle was composed of DNA. The discussion section of the article outlined the genetic context…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-cobb/every-result-converged-on-the-same-conclusion-the-transforming/)

[Matthew Cobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-cobb/)

> [“Avery had described one of the most momentous discoveries in the history of science, and no one could think of anything to say.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-cobb/avery-had-described-one-of-the-most-momentous-discoveries-in-the/)

[Matthew Cobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-cobb/)

> [“By the end of the 1940s, it was widely known that the levels of protein in the transforming principle were effectively zero.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-cobb/by-the-end-of-the-1940s-it-was-widely-known-that-the-levels-of/)

[Matthew Cobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-cobb/)

> [“If the adaptor hypothesis were true (and it was), this meant that the role of DNA and RNA would be reduced to simply carrying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-cobb/if-the-adaptor-hypothesis-were-true-and-it-was-this-meant-that-the/)

[Matthew Cobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-cobb/)

> [“Part of the problem was that no one knew exactly how a cell took a nucleic acid sequence and turned it into a blob…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-cobb/part-of-the-problem-was-that-no-one-knew-exactly-how-a-cell-took-a/)

[Matthew Cobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-cobb/)

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