Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Matters Arising
  • Published:

On the origins of molecular biology

Nature volume 250, pages 791–792 (1974)Cite this article

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on Springer Link
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

References

  1. Watson, J. D., and Crick, F. H. S., Nature, 171, 737 (1953).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Spencer, H., Principles of Biology, 2, 8 (Appleton, New York, 1867).

    Google Scholar 

  3. Coleman, A., Proc. Am. Phil. Soc., 109, 143 (1965).

    Google Scholar 

  4. Weismann, A., in Essays upon Heredity and Kindred Biological Problems (edit. by Poulton, E. B., Schonland, S., and Shipley, A. E.), 8 (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1889).

    Google Scholar 

  5. Wilson, E. B., The Cell in Development and Inheritance, 358 (Macmillan, New York, 1900).

    Google Scholar 

  6. De Vries, H., Intracellular Pangenesis, 6, 48 (Open Court, Chicago, 1910).

    Google Scholar 

  7. Stent, G., in Phage and the Origins of Molecular Biology (edit. by Cairns, J., Stent, G., and Watson, J. D.), 3 (Cold Spring Harbor, 1966); Science, 160, 664 (1968).

    Google Scholar 

  8. Schrodinger, E., What is Life? The Physical Aspects of the Living Cell (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1944).

    Google Scholar 

  9. Wilson, E. B., The Physical Basis of Life (Yale University Press, New Haven, 1928).

    Google Scholar 

  10. Delbruck, M., in Phage and the Origins of Molecular Biology (edit. by Cairns, J., Stent, G., and Watson, J. D.), 9 (Cold Spring Harbor, 1966).

    Google Scholar 

  11. Kendrew, J. C., Scient. Am., 216, 141 (1967).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  12. Astbury, W. T., Nature, 190, 1124 (1961).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  13. Furberg, S., thesis, London University (1949); Acta chem. Scand., 6, 634 (1952).

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Viral Carcinogenesis Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20014

    FRANKLIN H. PORTUGAL

  2. Reproduction Research Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20014

    JACK S. COHEN

Authors
  1. FRANKLIN H. PORTUGAL
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. JACK S. COHEN
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

PORTUGAL, F., COHEN, J. On the origins of molecular biology. Nature 250, 791–792 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/250791b0

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/250791b0

Comments

By submitting a comment you agree to abide by our Terms and Community Guidelines. If you find something abusive or that does not comply with our terms or guidelines please flag it as inappropriate.

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing