1. THE HUNT FOR DNA

2. James Watson- How we discovered DNA

3. 1928- Griffith’s and Pneumonia

4. Griffith’s Experiments

5. “TRANSFORMING FACTOR”

6. 1944- Avery, McCarty, Macleod

7. 1952- Hershey and Chase

9. 1950s- Franklin and Wilkins

10. Rosalind Franklin’s Photo 51

11. 1953- Watson and Crick
DNA

12. Deoxyribonucleic Acid

13. The Basic Monomer of DNA

14. The Nitrogenous Bases of DNA

17. How do you fit so much information in such a small space?
DNA Packaging Or
How do you fit so much information in such a small space?
DNA packaging

18. So exactly how much information is that…exactly???

19. DNA Replication and the Role of DNA Polymerase

22. Ribonucleic Acid

23. TRANSCRIPTION

24. TRANSLATION

25. Protein Synthesis

27. The Chromosome

29. Telomeres

30. Telomeres shorten with age- what does this mean?

31. We can’t live forever!!