Key People in DNA Research

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What did Frederick Griffith discover using Streptococcus pneumoniae?

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The process of bacterial transformation.

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What did Oswald Avery demonstrate about DNA?

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DNA is the substance responsible for transformation, not proteins.

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For everyone who needs it! Honors Biology Level.

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What did Frederick Griffith discover using Streptococcus pneumoniae?

The process of bacterial transformation.

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What did Oswald Avery demonstrate about DNA?

DNA is the substance responsible for transformation, not proteins.

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What was the main contribution of Martha Hershey and Alfred Chase's experiment?

They demonstrated that DNA, not protein, is the genetic material.

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What technique did Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins use to capture images of DNA?

X-ray crystallography.

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What model of DNA did James Watson and Francis Crick propose?

The double-helix model of DNA.

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What are Chargaff's rules about DNA base pairing?

The amount of adenine equals thymine, and the amount of cytosine equals guanine.

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