Biological Classification And System Of Classification Question 251

Question: Transformation in bacteria was discovered by [MP PMT 1997, 98, 2000]

Options:

A) Lederberg

B) Griffith

C) Avery et al

D) Tatum

Show Answer

Answer:

Correct Answer: C

Solution:

Transformation experiment was first discovered by Griffith (1928) in case Diplococcus pneumoniae.

But later on O.T.

Avery, C.M.

Macleod and M.

McCarty (1944) studied transformation in detail.