tomsharpIn 1944, Oswald Avery and colleagues showed that DNA is responsible for genetic inheritance. #Poetry #Science #History #Genetics #Avery #DNA (https://sharpgiving.com/Sharp/thebookofscience/items/p1944e.html)
Wolfgang Maier@tomsharp yes, but the illustration clearly shows the roundworm C. elegans, which Avery did not use in his experiments.
It was introduced as a model system for genetics research around 20 years later by Sidney Brenner.