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Hershey-Chase Experiment (Wikipedia)

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Wikipedia's article on the Hershey-Chase experiment, its 1952 demonstration that DNA, not protein, is genetic material.

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Wikipedia
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hershey%E2%80%93Chase_experiment
Source Type
reference
Reliability Tier
3
A community edited tertiary reference, used here for the uncontested outline of the experiment and its result.
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Claims Backed By This Source (11 claims)

This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Experiments, 6 claims: 4 well-attested, 2 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.

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