Match the scientist(s) to their scientific contribution.
-Johannes Miescher
A)first to discover and isolate DNA
B)in 1944, reported that DNA was the hereditary material
C)the first to demonstrate that DNA, not protein, was the substance transmitted through generations of cells

Question

Match the scientist(s) to their scientific contribution.
-Johannes Miescher
A)​first to discover and isolate DNA
B)in 1944, reported that DNA was the hereditary material
C)the first to demonstrate that DNA, not protein, was the substance transmitted through generations of cells

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Johannes Miescher was the first to discover and isolate DNA in 1869, although the significance of DNA as the carrier of genetic information was not understood until much later.

Match the Scientist(s) to Their Scientific Contribution