The scientific work that established DNA,rather than protein,as the molecule of heredity was performed prior to
A)Mendel's work on heredity.
B)the elucidation of the double helix structure of DNA.
C)Antonie van Leeuwenhoek's observation of internal cell structures.
D)the description of the enzymatic steps of glycolysis.
E)the formation of the chromosome theory of heredity.

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The scientific work that established DNA as the molecule of heredity, specifically the experiments by Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty in 1944, and the Hershey-Chase experiment in 1952, occurred before the elucidation of the double helix structure of DNA by Watson and Crick in 1953.

The Scientific Work That Established DNA,rather Than Protein,as the Molecule