I Was Married To Margaret Joan Howe

Until 1943 I Received No Stipend. I Was Able To Support Myself As My Mother Was The Daughter Of A Relatively Wealthy Cotton Manufacturer.

A Dna Sequence For The Genome Of Bacteriophage Φx174 Of Approximately 5,375 Nucleotides Has Been Determined Using The Rapid And Simple 'plus And Minus' Method. The Sequence Identifies Many Of The Features Responsible For The Production Of The Proteins Of The Nine Known Genes Of The Organism, Including Initiation And Termination Sites For The Proteins And Rnas. Two Pairs Of Genes Are Coded By The Same Region Of Dna Using Different Reading Frames.

I And My Colleagues Here Have Been Engaged In The Pursuit Of Knowledge.

Initially I Had Intended To Study Medicine, But Before Going To University I Had Decided That I Would Be Better Suited To A Career In Which I Could Concentrate My Activities And Interests More On A Single Goal Than Appeared To Be Possible In My Father's Profession.

Scientific Research Is One Of The Most Exciting And Rewarding Of Occupations.