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“One can say, looking at the papers in this symposium, that the elucidation of the genetic code is indeed a great achievement. It is, in a sense, the key to molecular biology because it shows how the great polymer languages, the nucleic acid language and the protein language, are linked together.”

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Francis Crick

Francis Crick was a renowned scientist known for his significant contributions to the field of molecular biology. He, along with James Watson, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1962 for their discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA. Crick's research had a profound impact on understanding the transmission of genetic information and the genetic basis of organisms. more

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