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Thad H. Pittenger and the Genetic Curiosities of Bread Mold: How Fungus Revolutionized Genetics

Explore Thad H. Pittenger's groundbreaking genetic research on pseudo-wild types in Neurospora crassa and how bread mold revolutionized genetics.

Owen Rogers
Oct 14, 2025

Launching the Age of Biochemical Genetics: How a Humble Mold Revolutionized Biology

Discover how George Beadle and Edward Tatum's work with Neurospora crassa established the one gene-one enzyme hypothesis and launched biochemical genetics.

Carter Jenkins
Aug 22, 2025

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