Esther M. Zimmer Lederberg
Fertility Factor "F"

Joshua Lederberg is well-known for his work in discovering microbial sexuality (Nobel Prize, 1958). However, Esther Lederberg discovered and named the Fertility Factor "F", by which microbial sexual differentiation (maleness) may be conferred via phage infection. See the following links:

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