jan 1, 1928 - Frederick Griffith conducts bacterium experiment

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- British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith held an experiment using mice showing bacteria can get through DNA.

- Griffith showed that bacteria can get through DNA in a process called transformation.

- His experiment was the first to reveal the "transforming principle" in DNA.

- Griffith conducted his experiment using two strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae.

- Griffith's experiment paved the way for physician Oswald Avery's important experiment proving DNA is the genetic material.

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