Open AccessSalvador Luria and Max Delbrück on Random Mutation and Fluctuation Tests
Author(s) -
Andrew W. Murray
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.792
H-Index - 246
eISSN - 1943-2631
pISSN - 0016-6731
DOI - 10.1534/genetics.115.186163
Subject(s) - biology , genetics , mutation , gene
![Figure][1] Do mutations arise randomly over time? Or are they induced by unfavorable environments? By addressing these crucial evolutionary questions, Salvador Luria and Max Delbruck won a Nobel Prize and helped to start the field of bacterial genetics.In 1943, it had long been known
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