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