06-B Hershey & Chase Experiment (1952)
In 1952, American biologists Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase discovered that DNA is the genetic material of a phage (virus that infects bacteria) known as T2 using their classic “Blender Experiment.”
View an animation of the Reproduction Cycle of Bacteriophage T2
View an animation of the Hershey & Chase "Blender" Experiment
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