John Dennehy (The Evilutionary Biologist) has posted "This Week's Citation Classic."1 The classic paper demonstrated back in 1964 that the gene and the protein it encodes are colinear [This Week's Citation Classic]. Remember, this was before DNA sequencing and just around the time that the genetic code was being worked out. Before you follow the link, try and come up with an experiment that you might have done in 1964 to show colinearity. Are you as smart as Sidney Brenner?
1. Is it just me, or have we missed a few weeks?
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