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Alfred Hershey and his partner Martha Chase, are credited with one of the most revolutionary experiments in the history of DNA. Though DNA was known about in the science world since 1869, it was assumed by many biologists that proteins carried the information required for inheritance because DNA appeared to be a simpler, biologically, than proteins.
It wasn't until the ground-breaking experiment, what many call the "Hershey-Chase Experiment," that DNA was singled out as the primary source of genetic material for inheritance. This experiment won Alfred Hershey the Nobel Prize for his work as a bacteriologist and geneticist, working through experimentation to discover DNA as the primary genetic material for inheritance.
It wasn't until the ground-breaking experiment, what many call the "Hershey-Chase Experiment," that DNA was singled out as the primary source of genetic material for inheritance. This experiment won Alfred Hershey the Nobel Prize for his work as a bacteriologist and geneticist, working through experimentation to discover DNA as the primary genetic material for inheritance.