Melvin Laurance Morse (February 23, 1921 – November 7, 2003) was an American

microbiologist A microbiologist (from Ancient Greek, Greek ) is a scientist who studies microscopic life forms and processes. This includes study of the growth, interactions and characteristics of Microorganism, microscopic organisms such as bacteria, algae, f ...

. He is notable for his experiments (with Esther Lederberg and Joshua Lederberg) in

specialized transduction Transduction is the process by which foreign DNA is introduced into a cell by a virus or viral vector. An example is the viral transfer of DNA from one bacterium to another and hence an example of horizontal gene transfer. Transduction does not ...

Professional associations

* American Society for Microbiology * American Association for the Advancement of Science

References

External links

* To view the thirty-year correspondence between M. Laurance Morse and Esther M. Lederberg, see http://www.estherlederberg.com/EImages/Archive/ArchiveIndex.html; click the entry for "Morse, M. Laurance". * University of Colorado School of Medicine obituary for M. Laurance Morse: https://web.archive.org/web/20110929191729/https://www.cu.edu/sg/messages/2708.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Morse, M. Laurance 1921 births 2003 deaths People from Hopkinton, Massachusetts University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni University of New Hampshire alumni University of Kentucky alumni American microbiologists American geneticists Phage workers