Historical Bibliography Updated: July 14, 2026
Genetic control of biochemical reactions in Neurospora.
Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. (U.S.A.), 27, 499-506. 1941.
Beadle and Tatum proposed the "one gene, one enzyme" hypothesis in 1941. This was a restatement of ideas originally proposed by Archibald Garrod (No. 244.1) in 1908.
1958 Beadle and Tatum shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Joshua Lederberg (No. 255.4) "for their discovery that genes act by regulating definite chemical events."
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| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
|---|---|
| Entry Number | #254.3 |
| Permanent Link | https://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/8688 |
| Author Bio Link | Wikipedia ↗ |
| External URL | genetic-control-of-biochemical-reactions-in-neurospora |