Historical Perspectives on Microbial Genetics You can get a
great deal of insight into how and why experiments were done can
by reading about the history and development of the fields of
bacterial genetics and molecular biology. Some interesting
references on the development of molecular genetics are listed
below. Personal insights into phage and bacterial genetics: -
Beckwith, J. 1987. Genetics at the Institut Pasteur: substance
and style. ASM News 53: 551-555. - Beckwith, J. 1987. The
operon: an historical account, p. 1439-1443. In F. C. Neidhart
et al. (ed.), Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium:
Cellular and Molecular Biology, vol. 2. American Society for
Microbiology, Washington, D.C. - Brock, T. 1990. The Emergence
of Bacterial Genetics. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. -
Cairns, J., G. Stent, and J. Watson. 1992. Phage and the Origins
of Molecular Biology, updated edition. Cold Spring Harbor
Laboratory Press. - Campbell, A. 1993. Thirty years ago in
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