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
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