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Letter from Fritz Lipmann to Francis and Odile Crick

Contributor(s):
The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Francis Harry Compton Crick Papers
Crick, Francis, 1916-2004
Crick, Odile
Lipmann, Fritz (Fritz Albert), 1899-1986
Publication:
Produced: 16 June 1976
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Biological Evolution
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Letters (correspondence)
Abstract:
Lipmann here raised the question of whether evolutionary changes were chance events or were produced by biochemical mechanisms. Lipmann cited as an example for the latter the symbiosis of microorganisms, as in the phagocytosis (the engulfing) of bacteria by primitive cells.
Copyright:
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Extent:
1 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584582X181 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
SCBBMT
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584582X181
Archival Collection:
The Francis Crick Papers (Profiles in Science)