Geneticist who, with Max Delbrück, used variation among bacterial cultures to investigate the origin of resistance to viruses. Their fluctuation experiment distinguished mutations arising before exposure from resistance induced only by the selecting agent.[ref]
Mutations of Bacteria from Virus Sensitivity to Virus Resistance by Salvador Luria and Max Delbrück. Title, author list and reported study
Portrait of Salvador Luria
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