Mutation as cellular process : a Ciba Foundation symposium / edited by G.E.W. Wolstenholme and Maeve O'Connor.

  • Symposium on Mutation as Cellular Process (1969 : London, England)
Date:
1969
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Credit: Mutation as cellular process : a Ciba Foundation symposium / edited by G.E.W. Wolstenholme and Maeve O'Connor. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Preface This meeting was held as a result of Professor Charlotte Auerbach's suggestion, first made to Mr. A. V. S. de Reuck in 1966, that molecular biologists, geneticists and others would benefit from an exchange of infor¬ mation about the secondary processes involved in mutation. Whether a mutagen acts on a given gene and whether the product of this reaction develops into a mutation clone or organism depends largely on cellular metabolism. Yet workers on mutation were only beginning to realize the importance of cellular events for the mutation process, and people studying cellular processes did not always appreciate the importance of their findings for mutation research. The symposium recorded here therefore brought representatives of the relevant different disciplines together to attempt to analyse the problem of mutation and reduce it to simpler levels. Professor Auerbach gave much invaluable advice throughout the organ¬ ization of the meeting and her help at every point was greatly appreciated. Dr. Kimball, who acted as Chairman, carried out this task with apparent ease, tact and excellent time-keeping, even though he had to cope with several last-minute changes in the programme. These changes arose because the blizzard which hit the East Coast of the United States in February 1969 prevented three members of the symposium from reaching London at the time expected. Two, Dr. L. Grossman and Dr. W. L. Russell, arrived after journeys of epic proportions, but after three frustrating days Dr. Evelyn Witkin finally had to give up her strenuous attempts to get to the meeting. The editors wish also to thank Dr. A. Loveless for his generous help during the early stages of publication. XI