= Salvador Luria
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= Salvador E. Luria
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= S. E. Luria
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<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.<Mutations of Bacteria from Virus Sensitivity to Virus Resistance by Salvador Luria and Max Delbrück>[Title, author list and reported study]{ref}
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