Martha Chase Scientist

Martha Cowles Chase (November 30, 1927 – August 8, 2003), also known as Martha C. Epstein, was an American geneticist known for being a member of the 1952 team (see Alfred Hershey) that experimentally showed that DNA rather than protein is the genetic material of life. She was greatly respected as a geneticist.

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Martha Chase
Birth dateNovember 30, 1927
Birth place
Cleveland Heights Ohio , United States
Nationality
United States
Citizenship
United States
Date of deathAugust 08, 2003
Place of death
Lorain Ohio , United States
Residence
United States
Education
College of Wooster
University of Southern California

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