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Seymour Benzer
(15 Oct 1921 - 30 Nov 2007)
American molecular biologist.
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Science Quotes by Seymour Benzer (1 quote)
The genes are the atoms of heredity.
— Seymour Benzer
Opening sentence from Harvey Lecture, 'Genetic Fine Structure' (delivered 15 Sep 1960), published in The Harvey Lectures 1960-1961 (Series 56) (1961), 1.
See also:
- 15 Oct - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Benzer's birth.
- Time, Love, Memory: A Great Biologist and His Quest for the Origins of Behavior, by Jonathan Weiner. - book suggestion.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
