Tatum

Tatum definition - medical

Ta·tum (tāˈtəm), Edward Lawrie 1909-1975.

American biochemist. Through his genetic research with bacteria, he showed how genes transmit hereditary characteristics and shared a 1958 Nobel Prize for his discoveries.

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