Edward Lawrie Tatum

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Definition
  1. Proper noun:
    • Edward Lawrie Tatum: A United States biochemist who discovered how genes act by regulating definite chemical events (1909-1975). He was a corecipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1958 for this groundbreaking work.
Usage
  • Proper noun:
    • Edward Lawrie Tatum is a key figure in the history of genetics.
    • The research of Edward Lawrie Tatum helped establish the "one gene-one enzyme" hypothesis.
Advanced Usage
  • "Tatum's experiments": Refers specifically to the series of experiments he conducted with George Beadle using the bread mold .
    • Tatum's experiments provided crucial evidence for the link between genes and biochemical processes.
  • "The work of Tatum and Beadle": A common phrase denoting their collaborative Nobel Prize-winning research.
    • The work of Tatum and Beadle laid the foundation for molecular genetics.
Variants and Related Words
  • Tatum (n): A common shorthand reference to Edward Lawrie Tatum in academic and historical contexts.
    • Tatum shared the Nobel Prize with George Beadle and Joshua Lederberg.
  • Beadle and Tatum (n): The last names used together to refer to the collaborative duo and their famous experiments.
    • The Beadle and Tatum experiments are a classic study in biology textbooks.
Synonyms
  • Biochemist: A scientist specializing in the chemistry of living organisms.
  • Geneticist: A biologist who studies genes and heredity (though his primary training was in biochemistry, his work is foundational to genetics).
Related Phrases
  • "One gene-one enzyme hypothesis": The hypothesis, largely proven by the work of Beadle and Tatum, that each gene controls the production of a specific enzyme.
    • Edward Lawrie Tatum's research was instrumental in supporting the one gene-one enzyme hypothesis.
Noun
  1. United States biochemist who discovered how genes act by regulating definite chemical events (1909-1975)

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