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Nature 426, 122 (13 November 2003) | doi:10.1038/426122a

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From genes to biochemistry

Benno Müller-Hill1

BOOK REVIEWEDGeorge Beadle, an Uncommon Farmer: The Emergence of Genetics in the 20th Century

byPaul Berg & & Maxine Singer


Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press: 2003. 383 pp. $35, £25

Genetics is a young science, having its roots just 100 or so years ago in the rediscovery of Gregor Mendel's work on inheritance in peas. These days, this history is left out of most textbooks and is rarely taught at university.