NEETBiologyMolecular Basis of InheritanceMCQ+4 / −1
Transformation was discovered by :
- AGriffith
- BWatson and Crick
- CHershey and Chase
- DMeselson and Stahl
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Correct answer: A
Frederick Griffith (in 1928), a British Medical officer described the phenomenon of bacterial transformation. He carried out experiment with Streptococcus pneumoniae (bacterium causing pneumonia) which is used to infect mice. By using S Strain (heat killed) and R strain (live) it was concluded that R strain has been transformed by some material of S strain which makes R strain virulent and enable to synthesize smooth polysachharide.
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