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Harvard scientists recently helped identify a gene fragment common to both vertebrates and insects which may be the key step in solving some of genetics' most puzzling processes...

Author: By Christopher J. Georges, | Title: Scientists Spot Common Vertebrate/Insect Gene | 7/9/1984 | See Source »

...discovery shows a common gene fragment in flies, earthworms, chickens, frogs, and humans, which may improve the understanding of developmental processes including birth defects...

Author: By Christopher J. Georges, | Title: Scientists Spot Common Vertebrate/Insect Gene | 7/9/1984 | See Source »

...common fragment's identification--discovered through an international effort concentrated in the United States and Switzerland "shows that we are a lot closer to insects than we think, although this may offend some people, said William M. Gelbart, professor of Biology...

Author: By Christopher J. Georges, | Title: Scientists Spot Common Vertebrate/Insect Gene | 7/9/1984 | See Source »

...Calvin K Ho '84, $1500, for his senior thesis entitled Point Mutations in an Aminoterminal Fragment of Alanine Transfer RNA Synthetase Which Elevate Activity"--Associate Professor David S. Auld...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hoopes Prizes | 6/7/1984 | See Source »

...that a re-entering chunk of a U.S. spacecraft had struck and killed a Cuban cow. A year later, a 21-lb. metal cylinder landed at the intersection of North 8th and Park streets in Manitowoc, Wis. The debris was later identified by the U.S. Air Force as a fragment of Soviet Sputnik 4, launched two years earlier. It was the first certified piece of space litter to hit the U.S. In 1963 a charred metal sphere with a 15-in. diameter turned up on a sheep ranch in New South Wales. It was part of a Soviet space vehicle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Dodging Celestial Garbage | 5/21/1984 | See Source »

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