Description : How did scientists decide that DNA was the genetic material for all cellular organisms?
Last Answer : The proof that the material basis for a gene is DNA came from the work of Oswald T.Avery (1877-1955), Colin M. MacLeod (1909-1972), and Maclyn McCarty (1911-) in a paper published ... exposed to DNase, an enzyme that destroys DNA, all transformation activity ceased. The transforming factor was DNA.