Frederick Griffith

Frederick Griffith in 1936.

Frederick Griffith (1879–1941) was a English medical officer and geneticist. In 1928, during an experiment, he discovered what he called a transforming principle, but today we call DNA.[1][2]

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  2. Downie AW (1972). "Pneumococcal transformation--a backward view. Fourth Griffith Memorial Lecture". J. Gen. Microbiol. 73 (1): 1–11. doi:10.1099/00221287-73-1-1. PMID 4143929.

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