Quote by Matthew Cobb

“the transforming principle could not be made of DNA because nucleic acids were all alike. As”

— Matthew Cobb

“DNA composition was constant in all tissues of a given species, but each species had its own profile.”

— 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…

— 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…

— Matthew Cobb

“As Jacob put it in 1977, natural selection does not design, it tinkers with what is available.”

— Matthew Cobb

“Genes were no longer mysterious embodiments of specificity, they were information – a code – that could be transmitted (another word from the electronic…

— 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…

— 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…

— Matthew Cobb

“By the end of the 1940s, support for the hypothesis that DNA had a fundamental role in heredity had grown much stronger.”

— 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.”

— 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…

— 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.”

— Matthew Cobb