Human Heredity: Principles and Issues (MindTap Course List)
Human Heredity: Principles and Issues (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305251052
Author: Michael Cummings
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Introduction: It was understood during the 1940s that DNA carries genetic information and it is the transforming factor in bacterial cells. Watson and Crick also began their work on this prospect in the early 1950s.

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