Who first isolated the substance later known as nucleic acid?

Contributions to DNA Discovery

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Oswald Avery
Richard Altman
Frederick Neicher
Phoebus Levine
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What did Frederick Griffith's experiment demonstrate?
Viruses replicate using RNA
DNA is the genetic material
Proteins are the genetic material
Traits can be transferred between bacterial strains
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What did Oswald Avery's experiments conclude?
Lipids are responsible for genetic transformation
Proteins are responsible for genetic transformation
DNA is responsible for genetic transformation
RNA is responsible for genetic transformation
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What was the key finding of the Hershey-Chase experiment?
Proteins carry genetic information
DNA carries genetic information
RNA carries genetic information
Lipids carry genetic information
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Which scientist was not recognized with a Nobel Prize despite significant contributions to the Hershey-Chase experiment?
Max Delbrück
Martha Chase
Alfred Hershey
Salvatore Luria
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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What did Erwin Chargaff discover about DNA?
DNA is composed of proteins
DNA is a triple helix
The amount of adenine equals thymine, and cytosine equals guanine
DNA is a single helix
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What was Linus Pauling's incorrect model of DNA?
Single helix
Triple helix
Quadruple helix
Double helix
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