DNA - the genetic material

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Frederick Griffith demonstrated that
Genetic material can be transferred from one bacterial cell to another
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Oswald Avery, Maclyn McCarty and Colin MacLoad made advancements on Griffith's experiment by determining that ___
The substance causing the transfromation of R to virulent S was DNA
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A virus that attacks bacteria is called a _________
Bacteriophage
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Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase demonstrated that ______
DNA and not protein is responsible for directing the reproduction of phage T2 infected E.coli cells
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Although the generalisation is that DNA is the genetic material in organisms, the exception lies in _________
Viruses as the genetic material is RNA
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Rotaviruses are viruses that have ________ RNA
Double stranded
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The hepatitis C virus is a ___________ RNA virus
Single stranded
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Friedrich Miescher isolated DNA from what?
Pus
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Who articulated the existence of genes and the rules governing their transmission from generation to generation
Gregor Mendel
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Mendel articulated his theory of genetics in what year?
1866
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Who discovered a weak acid abundant in the nuclei in 1869, that later turned out to be DNA
Fredrich Miescher
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The substance causing the transfromation of R to virulent S was DNA

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A virus that attacks bacteria is called a _________

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Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase demonstrated that ______

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Although the generalisation is that DNA is the genetic material in organisms, the exception lies in _________

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