| A | B |
| Friedrick Miescher | found that the material in the nucleus is 1/2 protien, and 1/2 not |
| Frederick Griffith | workedwith bacterium and streptococcus pneumoniae |
| Strain S bacteria | one variety of strep.pne., causes pnemonia in mice, coated with mucus |
| Strain R bacteria | one type of variety of strep. pneu., doens't6 cuase pnemonia in mice, no mucus coating |
| transformation | the process during which bacteria are changed by absorbing genetic material from an outside source |
| Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty | published strong proof DNA was the transforming factor |
| Chase and Hershey | genetisists who settled whether DNA or protein was being transferred in 1952, with bacteriophages |
| bacteriophages | bacteria-destroying and infecting viruses |
| What did Hershey and Chase use to learn whether the transforming factor was DNA or protein? | radioactive sulfur and radioactive phosphorus |
| What was found in DNA, but not protein? | phosphorus |
| What was found in protein, but not DNA? | sulfur |
| Which ended up being the transforming factor? | DNA |