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. The operon model formulated by French biologists Francois Jacob and Jacques Monod in 1961, is one well known example. Based on studies on the induction of enzymes

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Answered by Dr. John Carmen on 28 Jan 21:41

In 1961 Jacob and Monod explored the idea that the control of enzyme expression levels in cells is a result of feedback on the transcription of DNA sequences. Their experiments and ideas gave impetus to the emerging field of molecular developmental biology, and of transcriptional regulation in particular.