This is a classic article from New Scientist’s archive, republished as part of our 50th anniversary celebrations
IF WE acknowledge that DNA, the acid found in the nucleus of the living cell, is the repository of hereditary factors, then the way is open for the development of a genetic chemistry. Such is the prediction of Robert L. Sinsheimer, professor of biophysics in Iowa (Science, vol 125, p 1123).
Some of the questions which he poses are as follows: what differentiates the DNA related to various hereditary characteristics; with what chemicals is DNA associated in the living cell and how…
