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Time, love, memory : a great biologist and his quest for the origins of behavior / Jonathan Weiner

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Weiner, Jonathan

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Alfred A. Knopf , c1999.Description: 300 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:

9780679444350

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DDC classification:

575.1 WEI

Summary: Portrays the man behind major discoveries on connections between genes and behavior. Seymour Benzer's early work on the gene helped transform biological research, and his original, sometimes whimsical experiments at the California Institute of Technology transformed the study of genes and behavior. The author spent five years in the Fly Rooms with Benzer and his colleagues, and retells their day-to-day triumphs in their research with mutant fruit flies.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-283) and index.

Portrays the man behind major discoveries on connections between genes and behavior. Seymour Benzer's early work on the gene helped transform biological research, and his original, sometimes whimsical experiments at the California Institute of Technology transformed the study of genes and behavior. The author spent five years in the Fly Rooms with Benzer and his colleagues, and retells their day-to-day triumphs in their research with mutant fruit flies.

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