Norton Zinder (born (November 7, 1928 is an American biologist famous for his discovery of genetic transduction.
Ninder was born in New York City. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin.
Zinder currently heads a laboratory at Rockefeller University.
Genetic transduction
Genetic transduction is the transfer of genes from one type of microorganism to another. Zinder identified this phenomenon working with Salmonella bacteria.
Bacteriophage
Zinder also discovered the first bacteriophage that contained RNA as its genetic material.