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Transformation was discovered by:

A $Meselson and Stahl$
B $Hershey and Chase$
C $Griffith$
D $Watson and Crick$

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Frederick Griffith (1928) discovered the process of transformation using Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria, demonstrating that a "transforming principle" could transfer genetic information from dead heat-killed S-strain bacteria to living R-strain bacteria.

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Transformation was discovered by:

A

Meselson and Stahl

B

Hershey and Chase

C

Griffith

D

Watson and Crick

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