Seymour benzer genetics

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Seymour Benzer was an American molecular biologist who developed (1955) a method for determining the detailed structure of viral genes and.
Seymour Benzer was an American physicist, molecular biologist and behavioral geneticist.

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Concept 27 Mutations are changes in genetic information.

Hermann Muller received the 1946 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on mutations induced by X-rays. Seymour Benzer used genetics to prove that mutations were caused by changes in the DNA sequence.

Seymour Benzer (1921-2007)

Seymour Benzer was born in 1921 and grew up in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY. His parents emigrated from Warsaw, Poland and worked in the garment industry. Although his family was not interested in science, Benzer dissected flies in his basement lab and read books on atomic physics during synagogue.

At 15, Benzer graduated from high school and studied physics and chemistry at Brooklyn College on a Regents Scholarship. He continued his study of physics in graduate school at Purdue University where he worked on a secret military radar project.

Later in grad school, Benzer read a short book called What is Life?, the same book that turned James Watson from ornithology to his quest for the structure of DNA. Erwin Schrodinger's book had a similar effect on Benzer be

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Seymour Benzer

American geneticist

Seymour Benzer FRS
Benzer with a Drosophila model, 1974
Born	(1921-10-15)October 15, 1921 Bensonhurst, New York City, U.S.
Died	November 30, 2007(2007-11-30) (aged 86) Pasadena, California, U.S.
Education	Brooklyn College (BS) Purdue University (PhD)
Awards	Gairdner Foundation International Award(1964, 2004) Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize(1976) Harvey Prize(1977) Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal(1986) Wolf Prize in Medicine(1991) Crafoord Prize(1993) Mendel Medal(1994) International Prize for Biology(2000) Gruber Prize in Neuroscience(2004)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics, molecular biology, behavioral genetics, chronobiology, neurogenetics
Institutions	Purdue University California Institute of Technology
Thesis	Photoelectric Effects in Germanium (1947)

Seymour Benzer (October 15, 1921 – November 30, 2007) was an American physicist, molecular biologist and behavioral geneticist. His career began during the molecular biology revolution of the 1950s, and he eventually rose to promin

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