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Studies on the Chemical Nature of the Substance Inducing Transformation of Pneumococcal Types

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Creators

  • Oswald Avery, author
  • Colin MacLeod, author
  • Maclyn McCarty, author

Canon Rationale

A core molecular genetics paper, included for identifying DNA as the transforming principle and reshaping heredity research before DNA structure.

Evidence

  • citation context: Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty, 'Studies on the Chemical Nature of the Substance Inducing Transformation of Pneumococcal Types,' Journal of Experimental Medicine, 1944.
  • handbook: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 'Oswald Avery'.

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Completion unit: read the full 1944 paper.

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