Wikipedia's article on the Hershey-Chase experiment, its 1952 demonstration that DNA, not protein, is genetic material. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hershey%E2%80%93Chase_experiment
Source Typereference
Reliability Tier3
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Hershey-Chase Experiment (Wikipedia)
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This source backs 12 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Experiments, 7 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 holds, 2 general references.
- Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
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