Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ520699
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0047-231X
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Breaking the Genetic Code in a Letter by Max Delbruck.
Fox, Marty
Journal of College Science Teaching, v15 n5 p324-25 Mar-Apr 1996
Describes a classroom exercise that uses a letter from Max Delbruck to George Beadle to stimulate interest in the mechanics of a nonoverlapping comma-free code. Enables students to participate in the rich history of molecular biology and illustrates to them that scientists and science can be fun. (JRH)
Descriptors: Biology, Coding, DNA, Genetics, Heredity, Higher Education, Science Activities, Science History, Science Instruction
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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