Letter from Linus Pauling to J.B.S. Haldane. August 16, 1955

Pauling thanks Haldane for his letter and promises to read the book by Penrose. He agrees with Haldane's argument that a single gene could manufacture hemoglobin molecules at a rate of 200 per second. That said, Pauling criticizes Haldene's conclusion that the gene is a part of the hemoglobin molecule in shape.  View Transcript

Letter from Linus Pauling to J.B.S. Haldane. Page 1. August 16, 1955
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