Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase, 1952

Bacteria and viruses have DNA too.

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16419. Biography 18: Alfred Day Hershey (1908-1997)

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16409. Gallery 18: Alfred Hershey, 1969

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16597. Gallery 27: Alfred Hershey and Seymour Benzer, 1953

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16404. Gallery 18: E. B. Lewis, C. C. Lindegren, Alfred Hershey and Joshua Lederberg, 1951

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16407. Gallery 18: Martha Epstein Chase

Martha Epstein Chase.

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16395. Animation18: Bacteria and viruses have DNA too.

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