Matthew Meselson
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Matthew Meselson is an American geneticist and molecular biologist best known for the Meselson–Stahl experiment, which provided key evidence for the semiconservative replication of DNA.
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| Matthew Meselson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6934323 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Matthew Meselson Context triple: [Phage Group, hasMember, Matthew Meselson]
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A.
Max Delbrück
Max Delbrück was a German-American biophysicist and Nobel Prize–winning pioneer of molecular genetics whose work on bacteriophages helped establish the foundations of modern molecular biology.
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B.
Joshua Lederberg
Joshua Lederberg was an American molecular biologist and geneticist renowned for his pioneering work in bacterial genetics, which earned him a share of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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C.
Shelley Levene
Shelley Levene is a desperate, aging real estate salesman whose mounting failures and moral compromises drive much of the tension in David Mamet’s play and film "Glengarry Glen Ross."
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D.
Seymour Benzer
Seymour Benzer was an influential American molecular biologist and neuroscientist whose pioneering work in gene mapping and the genetic basis of behavior helped establish modern neurogenetics.
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E.
Alfred Hershey
Alfred Hershey was an American bacteriologist and geneticist best known for the Hershey–Chase experiment, which helped establish DNA as the genetic material.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Matthew Meselson Target entity description: Matthew Meselson is an American geneticist and molecular biologist best known for the Meselson–Stahl experiment, which provided key evidence for the semiconservative replication of DNA.
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A.
Max Delbrück
Max Delbrück was a German-American biophysicist and Nobel Prize–winning pioneer of molecular genetics whose work on bacteriophages helped establish the foundations of modern molecular biology.
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B.
Joshua Lederberg
Joshua Lederberg was an American molecular biologist and geneticist renowned for his pioneering work in bacterial genetics, which earned him a share of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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C.
Shelley Levene
Shelley Levene is a desperate, aging real estate salesman whose mounting failures and moral compromises drive much of the tension in David Mamet’s play and film "Glengarry Glen Ross."
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D.
Seymour Benzer
Seymour Benzer was an influential American molecular biologist and neuroscientist whose pioneering work in gene mapping and the genetic basis of behavior helped establish modern neurogenetics.
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E.
Alfred Hershey
Alfred Hershey was an American bacteriologist and geneticist best known for the Hershey–Chase experiment, which helped establish DNA as the genetic material.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American scientist
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geneticist ⓘ human ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| academicAdvisor | Linus Pauling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| advisorTo | U.S. government on biological weapons issues ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Genetics Society of America Medal
NERFINISHED
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Lasker Award for Special Achievement in Medical Science NERFINISHED ⓘ MacArthur Fellowship NERFINISHED ⓘ National Medal of Science ⓘ Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coAuthor |
Charles Radding
NERFINISHED
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Franklin Stahl NERFINISHED ⓘ Franklin W. Stahl NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean Weigle NERFINISHED ⓘ others in molecular genetics ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
California Institute of Technology
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University of Chicago ⓘ |
| employer | Harvard University ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
DNA replication
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chemical and biological weapons policy ⓘ genetics ⓘ molecular biology ⓘ recombination ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of molecular genetics
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policy on biological weapons ⓘ understanding of DNA replication mechanisms ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Meselson–Stahl experiment
NERFINISHED
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advising on biological weapons control ⓘ experimental proof of semiconservative DNA replication ⓘ work on genetic recombination ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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American Philosophical Society ⓘ National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
surface form:
National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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| notableWork |
Meselson–Stahl experiment paper (1958)
NERFINISHED
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research on DNA recombination in bacteriophage lambda ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences at Harvard University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
mechanism of DNA replication
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mechanism of genetic recombination ⓘ molecular basis of heredity ⓘ |
| supported | Biological Weapons Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ |
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Subject: Matthew Meselson Description of subject: Matthew Meselson is an American geneticist and molecular biologist best known for the Meselson–Stahl experiment, which provided key evidence for the semiconservative replication of DNA.
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