BIOL308 Lecture 2: lecture 2
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We use them because they fit those criteria. The results when taken with caution, care and observance can be extrapolated to more complex organisms. Remember when extrapolating to another organism, you can make errors based on the extrapolation itself. We are going to be looking at in-vitro and in-vivo. Not a simple thing, most cell lines grow for a while and then die. Were able to grow cells from that tumor and they are still here today. This is all to answer number 3. Miescher notices one of the largest contents of salmon sperm was dna. Skip ahead 8 years, avery was working on pneumococcus bacteria. Noticed dead bacteria came back t life, strangest thing: some transformative properties in the dead one that transfers to the live. It"s dna that s moving between the cells noticed that a=t and g=c in any organism one to make it infective.