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apr 16, 1944 - Oswald Avery was one of the first molecular microbiologists, however, he is mostly known for conducting an experiment that broke down DNA in heat-killed bacteria. He discovered that chromosomes and genes are made up of DNA.

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~ 82 years ago

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