Lederberg, Joshua

1946: Tatum and J. Lederberg find genetic recombination in bacteria.
1948: Zinder and J. Lederberg, and independently, B. Davis isolate biochemically deficient bacterial mutants using penicillin.
1951: "Papers in MICROBIAL GENETICS: Bacteria and Bacterial Viruses" selected by J. Lederberg, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
1952: Zinder and J. Lederberg describe transduction in Salmonella.
1952: Esther M. Zimmer Lederberg and J. Lederberg invent replica plating.
1958: Nobel Prize awarded to Beadle, Tatum and J. Lederberg.

Lederberg, J., Cavalli, L. L.; Lederberg, E. M., Nov. 1952,
"Sex compatibility in Escherichia coli", Genetics 37(6):720-730

Lederberg, E. M., Lederberg, J., Jan. 1953,
"Genetic studies of lysogenicity in Escherichia coli", Genetics 38(1):51-64

Cavalli, L. L., Lederberg, J.; Lederberg, E. M., Feb. 1953,
"An Infective Factor Controlling Sex Compatibility in Bacterium coli",
Journal of General Microbiology 8(1):89-103

Lederberg, J., Lederberg, E. M., 1956,
"Infection and Heredity", in Cellular Mechanisms in Differentiation and Growth
(Dorthy Rudnick, ed.), 14th Symposium of Soc. Growth and Development
Princeton University Press, pp. 101-124

Morse, M. L., Lederberg, E. M., Lederberg, J., 1956,
"Transduction in Escherichia coli K-12", Genetics 41:142-156

Morse, M. L., Lederberg, E. M., Lederberg, J., Sept. 1956,
"Transductional heterogenotes in Escherichia coli", Genetics 41(5):758-779

Lederberg, E. M., Cavalli-Sforza, L. L., Lederberg, J., April 1964,
"Interaction of streptomycin and a suppressor for galactose fermentation in E. coli K-12",
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U. S., 51:678-682

Lederberg, E. M., Cavalli-Sforza, L. L., Lederberg, J., April 1964,
"Interaction of streptomycin and a suppressor for galactose fermentation in E. coli K-12", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U. S., 51:678-682

  1. Flynn; Wittner, David; Walker, Jim; Lederberg, Joshua;
        Bloch; Beam, Carl A.; Lederberg, Esther M. Zimmer;
        Roti; Gabalman; June; Tatum, Edward Lawrie
  2. Levin, J. G.; Gross, Samson R.; Swanson, C. P.;
        Lederberg, J.; Westergaard, Mogens
  3. Novick, Aaron; Lederberg, Joshua; Hershey, Alfred Day;
        Bonner, David Mahlon; McClintock, Barbara
  4. Ephrussi, Boris; Lederberg, Joshua: April, 1958
  5. Ephrussi, Boris; Lederberg, Joshua
  6. Lederberg, Joshua
  7. Hinschelwood, Sir Cyril; Lederberg, Joshua: CIBA 1956
  8. Stocker, Bruce A. D.; Lederberg, Joshua; Davis, Bernard D.: CIBA 1956
  9. Demerec, Milislav; Librarian; Lederberg, Joshua: CIBA 1956
  10. Lederberg, Joshua; Lederberg, Esther M. Zimmer;
        Stocker, Bruce A. D.
        The Burn, Scotland (Genetic Recombination): 1957
  11. Stocker, Bruce A. D.; Lederberg, Esther M. Zimmer;
        Lederberg, Joshua
        The Burn, Scotland (Genetic Recombination): 1957
  12. Lederberg, Esther M. Zimmer; Lederberg, Joshua; Childs, Barton: CIBA 1959
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  14. Szilard, Leo; Lederberg, Esther M. Zimmer; Lederberg, Joshua; ?
  15. Lederberg, Joshua (Vulagi, Fiji): 1950s
  16. Lederberg, J; Crow, J.; Harrington
        Madison, Wisconsin: June 5, 1967

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