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... W Timofeeff-Ressovsky, a Russian geneticist from the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Brain Research who hac!
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... on the nature of gene mutation and gene structure, in which Max was mainly responsible for the theoretical interpretation. He supposed that the molecules from which genes are macle must have a very unusual atomic constitution, since they show such remarkable stability in a cellular environment otherwise subject to constant chemical change.
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... Then, a few years after becoming Lise Meitner's assistant, he had consiclered a future as a lecturer at the university, but, apart from aca
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  • wilhelm institute
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  • gene structure

  • lise meitner


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