Title:

Letter from Thomas H. Jukes to Francis Crick

Creator:

Jukes, Thomas H. (Thomas Hughes), 1906-1999

Recipient:

Crick, Francis, 1916-2004

Date:

20 December 1979

Description:

In this letter Jukes described the reactions of geneticists and evolutionary biologists to Crick's contention that large stretches--perhaps even most--of the human genome were "junk" DNA with no coding or apparent regulatory function.

Original Repository:

The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Francis Harry Compton Crick Papers

Location:

Box: 22. Folder: PP/CRI/D/2/16

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of Marguerite A.V. Jukes.

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Subject:

Genetic Code and Biological Evolution

Format:

Text

Extent:

1 pages

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Original Repository. Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Francis Harry Compton Crick Papers. 11646. URL. http://archives.wellcome.ac.uk/

Legacy ID:

SCBBNQ

NLM ID:

101584582X199

Profiles Collection:

The Francis Crick Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584582X199

Story Section:

From Molecular Biology to Neurobiology, 1976-2004