The material responsible for transformation was shown to be DNA by
A) Watson and Crick.
B) Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty.
C) Lederberg.
D) Stanley.
E) Beadle and Tatum.

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Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty demonstrated that the material responsible for transformation was DNA through their experiments in 1944. Watson and Crick are known for determining the structure of DNA, Lederberg discovered bacterial conjugation, Stanley worked on the purification of viruses, and Beadle and Tatum studied the relationship between genes and enzymes.

The Material Responsible for Transformation Was Shown to Be DNA