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: Oswald Avery, Colin MacLeod, and Maclyn McCarty extracted purified chemical component of S cells. The extracted components were carbohydrates, proteins, fats, and nucleic acids. They injected different strains of R and S cells into mice and analyzed the pattern of results.

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