But perhaps the quintessential example of this phenomenon was the origin in the early 1970s of recombinant DNA technology (also known as “genetic modification,” or “GM”), the prototypic technique of modern genetic engineering, which resulted from synergy among several esoteric, largely unrelated areas of basic research.
Mais leur juxtaposition allait produire une avancée majeure dans notre compréhension de la vie » – à savoir le concept d’ « opéron », ensemble de gènes dont l’expression se trouve contrôlée par un gène régulateur adjacent.