By the Avery–MacLeod–McCarty experiment which showed that this is indeed the role of the nucleic acid DNA
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Oscar Hertwig
Oscar Hertwig was a German embryologist and zoologist known for his research in developmental biology and evolution. Hertwig is credited as the first person to observe sexual reproduction at the cellular level, by looking at the cells of sea urchins under the microscope.
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science · German zoologist and professor · zoologist · university teacher · anatomist · biologist · physician · philosopher · also Oscar Hertwig, Oscar Wilhelm August Hertwig, Oskar Hertwig, Hertwig
Born 21 April 1849 · Died 25 October 1922 · Q68753
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1922· 1 entry
Died 1922-10-25.
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1905· 1 entry
Hertwig was named an honorary member of the American Association for Anatomy
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1888· 1 entry
In Berlin; however, Richard Hertwig had moved 3 years prior, becoming a professor of zoology in Munich from 1885 to 1925, at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), where he served the last 40 years of his 50-year
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1885· 1 entry
Hertwig wrote that nuclein (later called nucleic acid) is the substance responsible not only for fertilization but also for the transmission of hereditary characteristics
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1883· 1 entry
Career landmark: rector of the University of Jena (1883–1884).
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1876· 1 entry
Published his findings that fertilization includes the penetration of a spermatozoon into an egg cell
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1849· 1 entry
Born 1849-04-21.
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