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In Hershey and Chase's experiment, what was the key observation that supported DNA as the genetic material?
Radioactive sulfur () was found inside the bacteria.
Radioactive phosphorus () remained outside the bacteria.
Both radioactive sulfur () and phosphorus () were found inside the bacteria.
Radioactive phosphorus () was found inside the bacteria.
Which molecule carries the genetic information in bacteriophages?
DNA
RNA
Protein
Lipids
From his transformation experiment Griffith concluded with transforming principle might be?
DNA
Polysaccharide Capsule
RNA
None
Which experiment definitively proved that DNA, and not protein, is the genetic material?
Griffith's experiment with Streptococcus pneumoniae
Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty's experiment with bacterial transformation
Hershey-Chase experiment using bacteriophages
Meselson-Stahl experiment demonstrating semi-conservative replication
Griffith conducted his transformation experiments on?
E. Coli
Tetracoccus
Diplococcus
Penicillin
In Griffith's experiment, which strain of Streptococcus pneumoniae caused the death of mice?
S strain (smooth)
R strain (rough)
Heat-killed S strain
Heat-killed R strain
Which component of the bacteriophage was found inside the bacteria in the Hershey-Chase experiment, confirming DNA as the genetic material?
Radioactively labeled protein (35S)
Radioactively labeled DNA (32P)
Both radioactively labeled protein and DNA
Neither radioactively labeled protein nor DNA
In his bacteriophage experiments, Hershey and Chase demonstrated that DNA is genetic material in
TMV
bacteriophage
In the Hershey-Chase experiment, what crucial observation confirmed that DNA, and not protein, was the genetic material injected into bacteria by bacteriophages?
Radioactive sulfur (35S) was found inside the bacterial cells, while radioactive phosphorus (32P) remained outside.
Both radioactive phosphorus (32P) and sulfur (35S) were found inside the bacterial cells.
Neither radioactive phosphorus (32P) nor sulfur (35S) were found inside the bacterial cells.
Radioactive phosphorus (32P) was found inside the bacterial cells, while radioactive sulfur (35S) remained outside.