Gallery 27: Alfred Hershey and Seymour Benzer, 1953

Alfred Hershey and Seymour Benzer at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1953 Symposium.

Alfred Hershey, Seymour Benzer, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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16404. Gallery 18: E. B. Lewis, C. C. Lindegren, Alfred Hershey and Joshua Lederberg, 1951

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16417. Video 18: Al Hershey, clip 1

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16419. Biography 18: Alfred Day Hershey (1908-1997)

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16599. Gallery 27: Seymour Benzer, 1974 (1)

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16023. Seymour Benzer, 1954

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16292. Gallery 11: Calvin Bridges, 1937

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15694. François Jacob

François Jacob, Cold Spring Harbor, 1953 meeting. Source: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives.

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