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In Memoriam

Seymour Benzer's life

William G. Quinn

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Seymour Benzer – partitioner of the gene, cofounder of modern neurogenetics – died at 86 on November 30, 2007. The obituaries have chronicled his achievements and awards. Two books have described his work on the phage rII gene¹ and on Drosophila’s behavioral genetics.² What is in danger of being lost to recollection is the character of the man – what an original thinker he was, what an unusual person, and how good to be around. I will try to describe a little of this.
(Image Source: Seymour Benzer 1921–2007, The Man Who Took Us from Genes to Behaviour, Harris WA, PLoS Biology Vol. 6, No. 2, e41 doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060041)

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William G. Quinn

MIT

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