edward lawrie tatum

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edward lawrie tatum

Edward Lawrie Tatum examines bacterial cultures in his laboratory.

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.
edward lawrie tatum

Edward Lawrie Tatum examines bacterial cultures in his laboratory.

Noun
  1. United States biochemist who discovered how genes act by regulating definite chemical events (1909-1975)

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