Dr. Scott Lowe , featured in Concept 38, recently published his results in Nature. Read about his findings here . The 1927 Buck v. Visit our eugenics archive to learn more. After the celebrations, find out how genes can be turned on and off like Christmas lights.
Genes have switches too.
In this final set of concepts, learn about gene expression and control, the human genome project, cell cycle, and other innovations in molecular biology and genetics. Many thanks to the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation for funding this project. View this lecture by Dr. James Watson, President of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Dr. Watson recounts events that led up to the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA in 1953. The lecture was first given at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on November 2, 1999.