Genetic Trends » Schlessinger http://genetictrends.com Developments from the world of genetics Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 The dna obsession (3/3) – cracking the code episode 3 http://genetictrends.com/the-dna-obsession-33-cracking-the-code-episode-3.html http://genetictrends.com/the-dna-obsession-33-cracking-the-code-episode-3.html#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:37:31 +0000 admin http://genetictrends.com/the-dna-obsession-33-cracking-the-code-episode-3.html German castle, we follow the scientific surprises as DNA beat out protein, the more logical candidate, as the stuff of the gene. Joshua Lederberg pays tribute to the work of Oswald Avery, the Canadian-born scientist who first proved it was DNA and the impact this had on his own landmark discovery that bacteria have sex, ie exchange genetic material. Two sets of clues led to the discovery of the do…



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