Thursday, August 20, 2015
Avery Discovers Genes Are Made of DNA
Anyone who has taken one of my classes knows about this landmark experiment, but Dr. Flexner's Suitcase encapsulates it in a nutshell rather well. Besides, never too much to insist on ansering the DNA question right! The answer to "Who discovered DNA?" summarized @ Dr. Flexner's Suitcase
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
web-like eukaryotic genome evolution
"A comparative genomic study shows that, during evolution, nucleus-containing cells acquired DNA from bacteria primarily by endosymbiosis — the uptake and integration of one cell by another." Full news article @ Nature
