Bundle of correspondence between Pontecorvo and Miranda Robertson, the Editor of Nature,concerning a comment made at the Friedrich Miecher Institut Symposium on Biology by Charles Weissman about "splicing"
- Date:
- Jun 1980-Jul 1980
- Reference:
- UGC 198/3/2/43
- Part of:
- Papers of Guido Pellegrino Arrigo Pontecorvo, geneticist, Professor of Genetics, University of Glasgow, Scotland
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
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About this work
Description
Conference was held in Basle on 20-21 March 1980 and was reviewed by Robertson in NatureVol 285, (5 Jun 1980). Copy of this is included. Weissman stated that "in 1970 no one would have dreamed that eukaryotic genes were split". This amused Pontecorvo as he had predicted "splicing" in 1958 and he believed this comment was proof of molecular biologists' "ignorance of classical genetics".
He wrote to Robertson to explain this and to send some proof of his ideas from 1958. She then asked him to write a semi-historical piece for Naturedescribing the research that led to his "prediction as early as 1958".
Publication/Creation
Jun 1980-Jul 1980
Physical description
5 letters, 1 extract (7 pages)
Terms of use
Open and available at Glasgow University Archive Services.
.Location of duplicates
A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.
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Location of original
The original material is held at Glasgow University Archive Services. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.