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60 YEARS AGO

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60 years ago three Rockefeller University scientists solved a revolutionary scientific mystery.

What is the chemical basis of heredity? While some scientists suggested DNA, other researchers countered that the more complex proteins must make up our genes. On February 1, 1944 Rockefeller University solved the mystery: it’s DNA.

See also The Transforming Principle: DNA, The Molecule of Heredity

Publication Date

1-26-2004

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Communications and Public Affairs

Publisher

The Rockefeller University

City

New York

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DNA, poster

60 YEARS AGO

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