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Horizontal gene transfer

Zinder and Lederberg · 1959

The material establishes no link between Zinder and Lederberg and horizontal gene transfer. The 1959 discovery is attributed to an unnamed Japanese publication. Zinder is a city in Niger — its history, geography and infrastructure are detailed, but it has no scientific connection to HGT. The verified milestones are Griffith (1928), Seattle (1951), and Japan (1959).