Who discovered the function of DNA in 1944?

tts Icon

James Watson and Francis Crick
tts Icon

Rosalind Franklin
tts Icon

Oswald Avery
tts Icon

Friedrich Miescher

1 answer

The function of DNA as the material of heredity was discovered by Oswald Avery in 1944. His experiments showed that DNA could transform bacterial cells, providing key evidence that DNA is the genetic material.