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1. By: Stephanie, Samantha, and Katie

2.  Born on November
30, 1927 in Ohio
 Died on August
8, 2003
 Job: lab assistant to
Alfred D. Hershey
 Changed her name to
Martha Cowles Chase
Epstein

3.  Degree from the College
of Wooster in 1950
 doctoral degree from
the University of
Southern California
 American geneticist
 Name is linked to the
path of demonstration
the DNA is the genetic
material

4.  Martha Chase and Alfred
Hershey did a series of
experiments in 1952
 They tested two hypotheses
 Showed that when
viruses, composed of DNA and
protein, infect bacteria, after
the DNA enters the host
bacterial cell

5.  DNA was the genetic material and not protein

6.  http://www.bookrags.com/biography/marth
a-cowles-chase-wmi/
 http://hanneby.com/2011/08/biography-
martha-chase-1927-2003-american-
geneticist/
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Chase
 http://www.trueknowledge.com/q/facts_ab
out__martha_chase
 http://highered.mcgraw-
hill.com/olc/dl/120076/bio21.swf