jan 1, 1944 - Oswald Avery discovers DNA is the genetic material
Description:
- Physician Oswald Avery along with two other geneticists conducted an experiment that showed DNA was the "transforming principle".- The experiment was conducted with geneticists Colin MacLeod and Maclyn McCarty.
- It was discovered that when DNA is isolated from a strain of bacteria, it would transform another strain and confer characteristics onto it.
- Oswald released a report of his findings in February 1944, along with MacLeod and McCarty.
- His experiment proved that DNA is the genetic material, but his findings weren't accepted immediately among other scientists.
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Date:
jan 1, 1944
Now
~ 81 years ago