Discovery of DNA- Ms. Borgie's Class

By aborgie

  • Frederick Griffith

    Frederick Griffith
    -Frederick Griffith worked with virulent S and nonvirulent R strain Pneumoccocus bacteria
    -He found that R strain could become virulent when it took in DNA from heat-killed S strain
    -Study suggested that DNA was probably the genetic material
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    Scientists Involved in DNA Discovery

  • Erwin Chargaff

    Erwin Chargaff
    Erwin Chargaff showed the amounts of the four bases on DNA ( A,T,C,G)
    In a body or somatic cell:
    A = 30.3%
    T = 30.3%
    G = 19.5%
    C = 19.9%

  • Rosalind Franklin

    Rosalind Franklin
    Rosalind Franklin took diffraction x-ray photographs of DNA crystals which showed the structure of DNA as a helix.

  • James Watson and Frances Crick

    James Watson and Frances Crick
    Watson & Crick built the first model of DNA using Franklin’s x-rays