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Interlude B
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Interlude C
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Interlude E
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12.1: Activity: Griffith's experiments
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Review Griffith's experiments showing that a harmless strain of R bacteria could be transformed into deadly strain S bacteria.

12.2: Tutorial: The Hershey-Chase experiment
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This tutorial explores an elegant experiment designed to test which substance—DNA or protein—was the genetic material.

12.3: Activity: Building a DNA strand

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12.4: Tutorial: DNA replication
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This tutorial reviews the simple base-pairing rules that allow the information in one strand of DNA to be used to generate a new strand.

12.5: Tutorial: DNA repair
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This tutorial explores how cells detect and repair replication errors.

12.1a: Process Animation: VDNA Repair: Mutations from DNA Replication
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12.1b: Process Animation: Mutations from Sunlight
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12.2: Process Animation: The Hershey-Chase experiment
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