The Area of the Skin That Is Innervated by a Single

question 21

Short Answer

The area of the skin that is innervated by a single spinal nerve is called a(n) _______.

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Definitions:

Griffith's Transformation

A process discovered by Frederick Griffith in 1928, demonstrating that a substance from dead bacteria could genetically transform living bacteria.

Avery

Refers to Oswald Avery, a bacteriologist who was instrumental in demonstrating that DNA is the substance that causes genetic transformation.

Hershey

This could refer to Alfred Hershey, a bacteriologist known for the Hershey-Chase experiment which helped to confirm that DNA is the genetic material.

Chase

In molecular biology, refers to the follow-up procedure in a pulse-chase experiment, where the presence and movement of a molecule or compound is tracked over time after initial labeling.