Acid Quote by Francis Crick

The balance of evidence both from the cell-free system and from the study of mutation, suggests that this does not occur at random, and…

— Francis Crick

A comparison between the triplets tentatively deduced by these methods with the changes in amino acid sequence produced by mutation shows a fair measure…

— Francis Crick

A final proof of our ideas can only be obtained by detailed studies on the alterations produced in the amino acid sequence of a…

— Francis Crick

If life really depends on each gene being as unique as it appears to be, then it is too unique to come into being…

— Frank B. Salisbury

That the primary effect of gene mutation may be as simple as the substitution of a single amino acid by another and may lead…

— Edward Lawrie Tatum

“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

“Mutation load has been proposed as a likely explanation for the persistence of common, heritable, and harmfulmental disorders like autism and schizophrenia.”

— Marco del Giudice

No matter how numerous they may be, mutations do not produce any kind of evolution.

— Pierre-Paul Grasse

It now seems certain that the amino acid sequence of any protein is determined by the sequence of bases in some region of a…

— Francis Crick

It has not escaped our notice that the specific pairing we have postulated immediately suggests a possible copying mechanism for the genetic material.

— Francis Crick

The meaning of this observation is unclear, but it raises the unfortunate possibility of ambiguous triplets; that is, triplets which may code more than…

— Francis Crick

Mutations are exciting, there aren't nearly enough of them.

— Doug Stanhope