Classic experiments that revealed how heredity works and how DNA carries it, from Mendel's pea plants to the X-ray pictures of DNA and the experiments of the mid twentieth century that identified DNA as the genetic material. An experiment belongs here when its cited article describes it as a study of heredity, genes or DNA. It excludes behavioral and field studies. Browse By lists these entries together so that a reader can move from one to the next and compare how each is described in the sources of the atlas.
All Genetics and Heredity Experiments
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Meselson-Stahl Experiment (Wikipedia)
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is an experiment by Matthew Meselson and Franklin Stahl in 1958 which supported Watson and Crick's hypothesis that DNA replication was semiconservative
Hershey-Chase Experiment (Wikipedia)
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were a series of experiments conducted in 1952 by Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase that helped to confirm that DNA is genetic material
Photo 51 (Wikipedia)
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A play entitled Photograph 51 by Anna Ziegler focuses on the role of X-ray crystallographer Rosalind Franklin in the discovery of the structure of DNA. This play won the third STAGE International Script Competition in 2008.
Griffith's experiment (Wikipedia)
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Griffith's experiment, performed by Frederick Griffith and reported in 1928, was the first experiment suggesting that bacteria are capable of transferring genetic information through a process known as transformation.
Avery-MacLeod-McCarty experiment (Wikipedia)
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When a person or test animal (e.g., a mouse) is inoculated with a particular type, an immune response ensues, generating antibodies that react specifically with antigens on the bacteria.
Spemann-Mangold organizer (Wikipedia)
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The Spemann-Mangold organizer is a group of cells that are responsible for the induction of the neural tissues during development in amphibian embryos.
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