Friedrich Miescher's Discovery in the Historiography of Genetics: From Contamination to Confusion, from Nuclein to DNA

Veigl, SJ; Harman, O; Lamm, E

Lamm, E (corresponding author), Tel Aviv Univ, Cohn Inst Hist & Philosophy Sci & Ideas, IL-6997801 Tel Aviv, Israel.

JOURNAL OF THE HISTORY OF BIOLOGY, 2020; 53 (3): 451

Abstract

In 1869, Johann Friedrich Miescher discovered a new substance in the nucleus of living cells. The substance, which he called nuclein, is now known as ......

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