Unit 1: DNA and RNA

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Avery Experiment

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Avery Experiment

-living non-virulant IIR + heat inactivated IIIS bacteria (which are both harmless individually) ended up killing mice
-the heat inactivated IIIS DNA transformed into the living IIR to become living IIIS bacteria that killed the mouse
-proved DNA is the genetic material

Hershey-Chase Experiment

-studied a bacteriophage (a virus that attacks bacteria, specifically e-coli)
-they wanted to see if the protein coat of the virus or if the DNA of the virus got incorporated into e-coli to reproduce
-it was DNA
-proved DNA, not protein is the genetic material