Who discovered that DNA was the genetic material or transforming factor that could convert nonvirulent R-type Streptococcus pneumoniae bacterium to the virulent S-type?
A)Weismann and Nageli
B)Griffith
C)Avery,MacLeod,and McCarty
D)Hershey and Chase
E)Watson,Crick,Wilkins,and Franklin

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Although Griffith performed the original experiment with the mouse,discovering the "transformation principle" phenomenon,he did not know what molecule was responsible for the phenomenon.20 years later,Avery,MacLeod,and McCarty used Griffith's work as the basis for discovering that the transforming factor was DNA

Who Discovered That DNA Was the Genetic Material or Transforming