Letter from Thomas H. Jukes to Francis Crick
- Title:
- Letter from Thomas H. Jukes to Francis Crick
- Creator:
- Jukes, Thomas H. (Thomas Hughes), 1906-1999
- Recipient:
- Crick, Francis, 1916-2004
- Date:
- 16 May 1974
- Description:
- In his letter Jukes, a biophysicist and cancer researcher, evoked the excitement but also the occasional skepticism--voiced by the virologist (later the ecologist) Barry Commoner, the biochemist Erwin Chargaff, and the plant virologist Norman Pirie--about efforts to elucidate the genetic code in the early 1960s. In particular, Jukes recounted his realization that the genetic code was likely fraught with ancillary features that gave clues about the course of evolution.
- Original Repository:
- The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Francis Harry Compton Crick Papers
- Location:
- Box: 12. Folder: PP/CRI/D/1/2/5
- Rights:
- Reproduced with permission of Marguerite A.V. Jukes.
- Genre:
- Letters (correspondence)
- Subject:
- Genetic Code and Biological Evolution
- Format:
- Text
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Relation:
- Letter from Francis Crick to Thomas H. Jukes, 1974
- 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:
- SCBBMM
- NLM ID:
- 101584582X175
- Profiles Collection:
- The Francis Crick Papers
- Shareable Link:
- https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584582X175
- Story Section:
- Embryology and the Organization of DNA in Higher Organisms, 1966-1976