Martynas Ycas

Martynas Yčas
Born December 10, 1917
Died April 22, 2014

Martynas Yčas was a Lithuanian-born microbiologist. He co-authored the book Mr. Tompkins: Inside Himself with physicist George Gamow.[1] He was a founding member of the RNA Tie Club, a discussion society of scientists who attempted to solve the question of the genetic code[2] and with Gamow and others published early statistical analyses of proteins and DNA which disproved some early models of the genetic code.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Martynas Yčas". legacy.com.
  2. ↑ Crick, Francis. What Mad Pursuit. p. 95.
  3. ↑ Gamow, George; Yčas, Martynas (1955). "Statistical correlation of protein and ribonucleic acid composition". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 41 (12): 1011–1019. doi:10.1073/pnas.41.12.1011. PMC 528190Freely accessible. PMID 16589789.


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