Delbruck

As already understood by Delbruck (1971), Aristotle's concept of the eidos, in the context of ontogenetic development, is in some respects remarkably similar to the modern concept of the genetic program.

Against Darwinism 2009

What scientists had formerly disregarded as a form of cellular stuffing with no real function—a “stupid molecule,” as the biologist Max Delbruck once called it dismissively—turned out to be the central conveyor of genetic information between cells, the least stupid of all molecules in the chemical world.

The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

What scientists had formerly disregarded as a form of cellular stuffing with no real function—a “stupid molecule,” as the biologist Max Delbruck once called it dismissively—turned out to be the central conveyor of genetic information between cells, the least stupid of all molecules in the chemical world.

The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

What scientists had formerly disregarded as a form of cellular stuffing with no real function—a “stupid molecule,” as the biologist Max Delbruck once called it dismissively—turned out to be the central conveyor of genetic information between cells, the least stupid of all molecules in the chemical world.

The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

Luria/Delbruck ran a number of classic experiments on the existence of useful mutations BEFORE they are needed.

Another predictable argument against front-loading 2007

The search for directed mutations has been stymied by the problem posed by Delbruck in (1946): if a mutation can only be observed under conditions that may cause it, as well as select it, how can we tell the difference?

Analogy, How Scientifically Powerful is It? 2006

Recent advances in this field reveal mechanisms by which a specific stress does in fact cause mutations in related genes, thus resolving the issue raised by Delbruck.

Analogy, How Scientifically Powerful is It? 2006

As regards the evidence of the randomness of mutation that I am supposedly being asked for; my very first responce to Irving pointed him the the Luria-Delbruck experiment which showed that mutations in the experiment were random with respect to adaptive advantage; and to a review article by Lenski detailing experiments that had (probably) demonstrated the consistency of "adaptive mutation" with Darwinian mechanisms.

Clear Thinking? 2005

As to evidence that mutations are random in a statistical sense, the key study is Luria and Delbruck to which I first refered you.

Clear Thinking? 2005

We learned about Luria-Delbruck and the evidence that mutation was random, ribozymes and the RNA world, Hardy-Weinberg and the rest of population genetics.

Why Do So Many Doctors Accept Evolution? - The Panda's Thumb 2007