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Molecular biology is perceived by most people as having its effective begining in 1953, with the famous publication by .1. D. Watson and F. H. C. Crick of a proposal for the structure of DNA. In truth, the field had its real beginings a little earlier. Yet, by any measure, molecular biology is a young discipline-young enough indeed for the persistence of abundant discussion and controversy concerning its origin, definition, and the personalities that dominate it. Some would assert that it has no right to be regarded as a separate discipline. Molecular biology, as the term is generally understood, had its origin in microbial genetics and is perhaps best seen as an attempt to fuse the experimental and intellectual approaches of genetics and biochemistry without being conscious of doing so. This was, of course, regarded by some, especially the traditional biochemists, as something akin to a circus act.
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Cross, G.A.M. (1983). The Role of Molecular Biology in Parasitology. In: Warren, K.S., Bowers, J.Z. (eds) Parasitology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5550-5_17
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