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1:03:32Still again the 40s were crazy. 1944 identification of DNA as the genetic material. Yeah. Back in the 1940s there was still debate about whether proteins carry genetic material or if DNA carries genetic material. This is the experiment that put a nail in the coffin on proteins because Avery Mloud and Mccardi proved that DNA was the hereditary material. This was at Rockefeller Institute in New York. They won the Nobel Prize as well >> and I think we touched on this in our DNA episode briefly

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    America 250: The Breakthroughs That Built American Science — Part 1

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    America 250: The Breakthroughs That Built American Science — Part 1

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