Video 20: Matthew Meselson, clip 1
Matt Meselson is a Professor in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University. His laboratory studies sexual reproduction and genetic recombination, and how and why they are maintained in evolution.
density gradient centrifugation, matthew meselson, molecular and cellular biology, harvard university, sexual reproduction, genetic recombination, laboratory studies, evolution
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