Avery–MacLeod–McCarty experiment: identifying DNA as the transforming principle Avery–MacLeod–McCarty experiment A 1944 study that provided strong evidence that DNA, not protein, carries hereditary information in bacteria, establishing a foundation for molecular genetics and later work on gen…
Griffith's experiment (1928): transformation in bacteria Griffith's experiment A concise encyclopedia entry on Frederick Griffith's 1928 experiment showing bacterial 'transformation', its methods, interpretation, later confirmation, and significance for genet…
