Colin Munro MacLeod
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 52 years ago |
Date of birth | January 28,1909 |
Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
Born | Port Hastings |
Canada | |
Date of died | February 11,1972 |
Died | London |
United Kingdom | |
Children | Mary MacLeod Woodruff sr. |
Job | Geneticist |
Known for | Avery–MacLeod–McCarty experiment |
Education | McGill University |
Nationality | American |
Canadian | |
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ID | 469522 |
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.