What Are the Contributions of Beadle, Tatum, Watson, and Crick

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Essay

What are the contributions of Beadle, Tatum, Watson, and Crick to biology? What techniques did they use to revolutionize biological science?

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Definitions:

Public Ownership

The case in which goods are supplied by the government or by a firm owned by the government to protect the interests of the consumer in response to natural monopoly.

High-Quality Products

Goods that meet or exceed customer expectations in terms of durability, reliability, performance, and design.

Short-Run Supply Curve

A graphical representation showing the quantity of goods that producers are willing and able to sell at different prices over a short period of time, during which at least one of the firm's inputs is fixed.

Diminishing Marginal Returns

A principle in economics where increasing one factor of production, while keeping others constant, will yield lower additional output.