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Nature Medicine 8, 211 (2002)
doi:10.1038/nm0302-211

Meselson, Stahl and the Replication of DNA: A History of "The Most Beautiful Experiment in Biology"

Bruce Stillman1

  1. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor, New York, USA

Great experiments either prove a previous notion, or they reveal unexpected results that lead to new ideas. In science, ideas are propagated and the very best of them survive for many years, if not forever.