George Wells Beadle

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Definition
  1. Proper noun:
    • George Wells Beadle: An American biologist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1958 for his discovery, with Edward Tatum, that genes act by regulating specific chemical events. This work established the principle of "one gene-one enzyme."
Usage Examples
  • Proper noun:
    • George Wells Beadle conducted groundbreaking experiments with Neurospora crassa, a type of bread mold.
    • The research of George Wells Beadle helped to found the field of biochemical genetics.
Advanced Usage
  • "Beadle and Tatum's experiment": A classic series of experiments in genetics that demonstrated the direct relationship between genes and enzymes.
    • Beadle and Tatum's experiment provided crucial evidence for the one gene-one enzyme hypothesis.
Variants and Related Words
  • Beadle (noun): A common shorthand reference for George Wells Beadle in academic and historical contexts.
    • Beadle shared the Nobel Prize with Edward Tatum.
Synonyms
  • Geneticist: A scientist who studies genes and heredity.
  • Nobel laureate: A person who has been awarded a Nobel Prize.
Related Phrases
  • One gene-one enzyme hypothesis: The concept, largely developed from Beadle's work, that each gene is responsible for producing a single, specific enzyme.
    • George Wells Beadle is famously associated with the one gene-one enzyme hypothesis.
Noun
  1. United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989)