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Colin Munro MacLeod

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Gender Male
Death52 years ago
Date of birth January 28,1909
Zodiac sign Aquarius
Born Port Hastings
Canada
Date of died February 11,1972
DiedLondon
United Kingdom
ChildrenMary MacLeod Woodruff sr.
Job Geneticist
Known forAvery–MacLeod–McCarty experiment
Education McGill University
NationalityAmerican
Canadian
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Colin Munro MacLeod Life story


Colin Munro MacLeod was a Canadian-American geneticist. He was one of a trio of scientists who discovered that deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA is responsible for the transformation of the physical characteristics of bacteria, which subsequently led to its identification as the molecule responsible for heredity.

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