Who said "To understand the part, we must understand the whole."?

This quote is attributed to Alfred Hershey.

To understand the part, we must understand the whole. - Alfred Hershey

"To understand the part, we must understand the whole."

Alfred Hershey Knowledge

Molecular Biologist American 1908–1997

"The gene is the unit of selection, the level at which natural selection operates most effectively."

"We are all survival machines for our genes."

"Bacterial genetics opened up the entire field of molecular biology."

"The phage group changed everything we thought we knew about heredity."

"We're not just after treasure. We're preserving history."

"The mind is humanity's greatest tool."

"A tidy room reflects a tidy mind."

"You can learn a lot about a person by how they keep their space."