h e o p p o sitio n T em in en co u n tered w h en h e p ro p o sed , a s
early as 1964, that the R N A of the R ous Sarcom a V irus
w as copied into D N A and integrated into the genom e,
w a s n o t th e co n seq u en ce o f a b lin d b elief in th e C en tra l
D ogm a as m an y su ggested . It w as m ore d u e to th e ab -
sen ce of ex p erim en tal ev id en ce in favou r of th is h y p oth -
esis: th e ex p erim en ts of T em in u sin g d i® erent in h ib itors
an d la b els w ere in con clu siv e.