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What features must genetic material possess? |
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- Information
- Transmission
- Replication
- Variation
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Features of Genetic Material:
Information |
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- Must contain information to construct an entire organism
- aka, must provide blueprinte to inherited traits
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Features of Genetic Material:
Transmission |
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- Genetic material must be passed from parent to offspring
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Features of Genetic Material:
Replication |
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Features of Genetic Material:
Variation |
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- Must have variation to account for the known phenotypic difference winthin each species.
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Griffith Experiment
Goal
Key Result
Discovery
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- Goal: to know why some bacterial strains are infectious and others not
- Key Result: Dead Type IIIs + Alive Type IIr = Dead mousey
- Discovery: the transforming principle
- Conclusion: something in the heat-killed IIIs transformed IIr into virulent bacteria
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Hershey - Chase Exp
Goal
Key Result
Discovery
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- Goal: to see if DNA or Protein is the genetic material of T2
- Key Result: DNA found in bacteria
- Discovery: Protein body did not enter bacter, DNA did...
- Conclusion: DNA is genetic material of the phage.
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| Why did ppl originally think protein was the genetic material? |
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- It was complex
- can form lots of structures
- Made up of a good portion of cell
- Scientists know more about it
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