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homologous recombination site-specific recombination crossing over Holliday junction mutation gene genomic imprinting genetic marker genetic code transposon oncogene tumour suppressor gene linkage group allele homeotic gene epistatic gene

Key People

English-born American biochemist and geneticist Jack W. Szostak.

Jack W. Szostak

American biochemist and geneticist

Thomas Steitz

American biophysicist and biochemist

Joshua Lederberg, 1958.

Joshua Lederberg

American geneticist

Guido Pontecorvo

Italian geneticist