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While working with the bread mould fungus Neurospora crassa, two scientists formulated a hypothesis in 1941 proposing that each individual gene is responsible for controlling the production of a single specific enzyme, thereby linking genetics directly to biochemical pathways for the first time. Which two scientists proposed this landmark hypothesis?
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