Notes from NEET topper
Contribution of Scientists in the Search for Genetic Material
Gregor Mendel’s work with pea plants laid the foundation for understanding heredity.
Frederick Griffith’s experiment with Streptococcus pneumoniae showed that a “transforming principle” could transfer genetic information.
Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty’s experiment confirmed that DNA was the transforming principle.
Hershey and Chase’s experiment with bacteriophages provided further evidence that DNA, not protein, was the genetic material.
