History and discovery

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  • Nucleic Acids were discovered

    Nucleic Acids were discovered

  • what DNA is made of and defined the unit

    what DNA is made of and defined the unit

    DNA contains the instructions needed for an organism to develop, survive and reproduce
  • Griffith experiments

    Griffith experiments

    The man who did the first transformation
  • Explanation of the transformation

    Explanation of the transformation

    Oswald T. Avery, Colin M. MacLeod, and Maclyn McCarty explained the mechanism of that transformation and they discovered that the “transforming principle” was DNA.
  • DNA first model

    DNA first model

    Watson and Crick came out with the first model and they described DNA as a double helix with sugars and phosphates at the center and the nucleobases facing.
  • One function of DNA

    One function of DNA

    Erwin Chargaff discovered counting nucleobases that, Adenine and Thymine there are always in balance and Cytosine and Guanine in balance too.
  • Bacteriophages

    Bacteriophages

    Hershey and Chase discovered that bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria