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Fredrick Griffith
The 1st widely accepted demonstrations of bacterial transformation. Wikipedia.com -
Pheobus Levene
He characterized the different forms of nucleic acid, DNA from RNA, and found that DNA contained adenine, guanine, thymine, cytosine, deoxyribose, and a phosphate group. Wikipedia.com -
Oswald Avery
Discovers that DNA is what chromsones and genes are made of. Wikipedia.com -
Linus Pauling
Pauling was one of the founders of the fields of quantum chemistry and molecular biology. Wikipedia.com -
Hershey and Chase
Conducted expiriment that confirmed that DNA was genetic material. Wikipedia.com -
Maurice Wilkins
His research contributed to the scientific understanding of phosphorescence, isotope separation, optical microscopy and X-ray diffraction, and to the development of radar. Wikipedia.com -
James Watson
He deduced the double helix structure of DNA. Wikipedia.com -
Francis Crick
Worked with James Watson on the double helix DNA structure. Wikipedia.com -
Rosalind Franklind
Made critical contributions to the understanding of the fine molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal, and graphite. Wikipedia.com