Replica plating and indirect selection of bacterial mutants by Joshua Lederberg and Esther Lederberg 2026-10-18
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By Joshua Lederberg and Esther Lederberg; the primary byline credits Joshua Lederberg and Esther M. Lederberg. Journal of Bacteriology, volume 63, issue 3, pp. 399–406. Published in the March 1952 issue; received 31 August 1951 is a separate date.
University of Wisconsin is the byline affiliation. The Williams & Wilkins Company is the printed copyright holder; neither role establishes authorship. The journal publisher hosts the scan.
Cited passages: Full eight-page original publisher PDF text inspected; pp. 399–400, Methods: Replica plating and Figure 1 caption, complete versus minimal replica comparison; p. 401, transfer variability and Clonal occurrence of phage resistant mutants; p. 402, W-1 preparation, serial T-1 replicas, pencil or pin marks, recovery and persistence; p. 403, unexposed enrichment route and negative stray-phage checks; p. 404, Discussion distinguishes inheritance from reversible adaptation.
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