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Biology4 quotes
We had found the secret of life! — Francis Crick · 1968They are in you and in me; they created us, body and mind; and their preservation is the ultimate rationale for our existence...they go by the name of genes, and we are their survival machines. — Richard Dawkins · 1976It has not escaped our notice that the specific pairing we have postulated immediately suggests a possible copying mechanism for the genetic material. — Francis Crick · 1953Life exists in the universe only because the carbon atom possesses certain exceptional properties. — James Jeans · 1930Genetics3 quotes
We had found the secret of life! — Francis Crick · 1968They are in you and in me; they created us, body and mind; and their preservation is the ultimate rationale for our existence...they go by the name of genes, and we are their survival machines. — Richard Dawkins · 1976It has not escaped our notice that the specific pairing we have postulated immediately suggests a possible copying mechanism for the genetic material. — Francis Crick · 1953DNA2 quotes
We had found the secret of life! — Francis Crick · 1968It has not escaped our notice that the specific pairing we have postulated immediately suggests a possible copying mechanism for the genetic material. — Francis Crick · 1953Life1 quote
Life exists in the universe only because the carbon atom possesses certain exceptional properties. — James Jeans · 1930Moments of discovery1 quote
It has not escaped our notice that the specific pairing we have postulated immediately suggests a possible copying mechanism for the genetic material. — Francis Crick · 1953Nature of life1 quote
Life exists in the universe only because the carbon atom possesses certain exceptional properties. — James Jeans · 1930