Letter from Sydney Brenner to Francis Crick
- Title:
- Letter from Sydney Brenner to Francis Crick
- Creator:
- Brenner, Sydney
- Recipient:
- Crick, Francis, 1916-2004
- Date:
- 5 January 1978
- Description:
- In his letter Brenner described results from his ongoing research with the small nematode earthworm Caenorhabditus elegans, research that fused genetics and embryology and was designed to study how DNA directed the differentiation and development of the ca. 1,000 cells of this simple organism.
- Original Repository:
- The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Francis Harry Compton Crick Papers
- Location:
- Box: 21. Folder: PP/CRI/D/2/6
- Rights:
- Reproduced with permission of Sydney Brenner.
- Genre:
- Letters (correspondence)
- Subject:
- Embryology and Genetics
- Format:
- Text
- Extent:
- 2 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:
- SCBBNF
- NLM ID:
- 101584582X190
- Profiles Collection:
- The Francis Crick Papers
- Shareable Link:
- https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584582X190
- Story Section:
- Embryology and the Organization of DNA in Higher Organisms, 1966-1976