The Marshall W. Nirenberg Papers

Title:

Letter from Arthur J. Walker to Francis Crick, Leslie Barnett, Sydney Brenner, and R. J. Watts-Tobin

Description:

In this letter to the Medical Research Council Unit for Molecular Biology at the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University, a layman offers views on the social implications of biochemical genetic research.

Number of Image Pages:

2 (170,888 Bytes)

Date:

1962-02-01 (February 1, 1962)

Creator:

Walker, Arthur J.

Recipient:

Crick, Francis

Barnett, Leslie

Brenner, Sydney

Watts-Tobin, R. J.

Rights:

Courtesy of Marshall W. Nirenberg.

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Subject:

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH):: Genetics; Environment; Genes; Genetic Engineering

Exhibit Category:

Public Reactions to the Genetic Code, 1961-1968

Relation:

Letter from Francis Crick to Arthur J. Walker (February 2, 1962)

Letter from Arthur J. Walker to Marshall W. Nirenberg and J. Heinrich Matthaei (May 3, 1962)

Box Number: 4

Folder Number: 31

Unique Identifier:

JJBBGT

Accession Number:

2001-009

Document Type:

Letters (correspondence)

Language:

English

Format:

application/pdf

image/tif

Physical Condition:

Good

Series: Series II: Correspondence, 1953-1993

Folder: General, 1953-1977

Metadata Last Modified Date:

2007-02-26

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