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Bio unit 8 scientist
Biology CH: 8-9 scientists and their experiments
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Griffith | studied bacteria and created a vaccine which he tested on rats. His experiment: heat treated virulent + Harmless non-virulent= dead rat. his conclusion: transformation (bacteria have the ability to transfer genetic info from one bacteria to another) |
| Avery, Macleod, McCarty | continued Griffth's experiment. conclusion: transforming factor was DNA and NOT proteins. their evidence was not widely accepted |
| Hershey, Chase | studied bacteriophages. experiment: bacteriophage with blinking DNA+ bacteria+ mix it= bacteria with blinking DNA. conclusion: DNA is the unit of heredity! |
| Chargaff | base pairs are complementary: A=T and G=C |
| Rosalind Franklin | took first "picture" of DNA using complex X-Ray Crystallography. this was instrumental to figuring out the structure of DNA |
| Watson, Crick | figured out the double helix shape of the DNA molecule |