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... About 1950, after discovery of the phage eclipse phase but before the Hershey-Chase experiment, he became interested in sensory perception and its transduction into physiological activity a phenomenon more relevant to the complex behaviour of higher creatures. He also thought thnt he then rhea research was "in good hands." His _ a, ~~ ~ it_ ~ IN ~ lo_ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A ~ ~ t~ ~ ~ _ V _ ~ W ~ _ _ _ first choice of a simple model organism was the purple bacterium, Rhodos~hiriitium, which is not only photosynthetic but also phototactic, swimming towards a light source.
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From page 94...
... The Cold Spring Harbor workshops, each lasting about two months and beginning in 1964, attracted many participants from abroad who spread the gospel. Some regularly visited Cold Spring Harbor or Caltech for periods of collaborative discussions or research especially from France, Germany, Japan, and Spain.
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From page 95...
... some important technical acIvances have been macle, especially in the field of behavioural genetics. For example, the introduction of a microsurgical technique for making heterokaryons and the clevelopment of isogenic mating types have revolutionized genetic analysis.
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