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Gilbert heads a lab of scientists and technicians who are sequencing the genetic material of Micoplasma capricolum, a small species of bacteria...

Author: By Robin Kolodny, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: MAPPING THE HUMAN GENOME: | 2/26/1992 | See Source »

...organisms were thought to involve only the number and type of proteins that are strung together. Now researchers in the U.S., Europe and Japan have found species + that defy certain words in the genetic scripture: in the familiar Paramecium, a single-celled protozoan, and in a bacterium called Mycoplasma capricolum, the DNA patterns responsible for protein construction exhibit a surprising difference. Not only does the discovery undermine the "universality" of the genetic code, but it may cause scientists to rethink certain theories about evolution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Breaking the Genetic Law | 4/8/1985 | See Source »

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