Transformation was discovered by:

Meseson and Stahl

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Hershey and Chase

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Griffith

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Watson and Crick

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Solution

The correct option is C Griffith

Frederick Griffith performed an experiment with mice and Streptococcus pneumoniaea. It was through this experiment that he discovered that the bacterium was capable of taking up genetic material from other bacteria which made them virulent. This was the process of transformation.

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