论弗朗西斯·克里克、遗传密码和一个聪明的孩子。

On Francis Crick, the genetic code, and a clever kid.

机构信息

Biology Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.

出版信息

Curr Biol. 2018 Apr 2;28(7):R305. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.02.058.

DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2018.02.058

Abstract

A few years ago, Francis Crick's son told me a story that I can't get out of my mind. I had contacted Michael Crick by email while digging through the background of the researchers who had cracked the genetic code in the 1960s. Francis had died in 2004, and I was contacting some of the people who knew him when he was struggling to decipher the code. Francis didn't appear to struggle often - he is known mostly for his successes - and, as it turns out, this one well-known struggle may have had a clue sitting just barely out of sight.

摘要

几年前，弗朗西斯·克里克的儿子给我讲了一个让我记忆犹新的故事。当时我在挖掘 20 世纪 60 年代破解基因密码的研究人员的背景信息，通过电子邮件联系到了迈克尔·克里克。弗朗西斯于 2004 年去世，我在联系一些在他努力破解密码时认识他的人。弗朗西斯似乎并不经常挣扎——他主要以成功而闻名——而且，事实证明，这场广为人知的斗争可能有一个线索就在眼前。