DNA Scientist Flashcards
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Fredrick Griffith
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Experimented with mice; concluded that a “transforming factor” change in harmless bacteria into harmful bacteria
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James Watson and Fredrick Crick
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Won the Nobel Prize in 1962 for their model of the DNA molecule
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Erwin Chargaff
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Studied the nucleotides based of DNA; determined that adenine and thymine are present in equal amounts and cytosine and guanine are present in equal amounts
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Oswald Avery
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Determined whether proteins or DNA was responsible for the transfer of genetic material
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Franklin and Wilkins
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Originally determined the structure of DNA which is the double helix, a twisted ladder shape formed by two strands of nucleotides twisted around each other
