Who discovered that DNA was the genetic material (or "transforming principle") that could convert nonvirulent R-type Diplococcus pneumoniae bacterium to the virulent S-type?

A) Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty
B) Hershey and Chase
C) Watson, Crick, Wilkins, and Franklin
D) Erwin Chargaff
E) Frederick Griffith


Answer: A

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