Which characteristic of DNA makes it a more stable carrier of genetic information compared to RNA?
The presence of uracil instead of thymine
Its single-stranded structure
The presence of deoxyribose sugar instead of ribose sugar
Its susceptibility to alkaline hydrolysis
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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
In Hershey and Chase experiment the viral DNA can be labelled with?
Which molecule carries the genetic information in bacteriophages?
DNA
RNA
Protein
Lipids
If Hershey and Chase had found radioactive sulfur () inside the bacteria instead of radioactive phosphorus (), what would have been the conclusion of their experiment?
DNA is the genetic material.
Protein is the genetic material.
Both DNA and protein are the genetic material.
Neither DNA nor protein is the genetic material.
Which scientist's experiment definitively proved that DNA is the genetic material?
Hershey and Chase
Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty
Griffith
Meselson and Stahl
What radioactive element was used to label the protein part of the bacteriophage in the Hershey-Chase experiment?
Sulfur (35S)
Phosphorus (32P)
Nitrogen (15N)
Carbon (14C)
Which one of the following is correctly matched?
Frederick Griffith - Discovered the phenomenon of transformation
Linus Pauling - Isolated DNA for the first time
Francis Crick - Proposed one gene-one polypeptide hypothesis
George Beadle - Proposed the concept of inborn errors
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
If Hershey and Chase had found both 32P and 35S inside the bacteria, what would have been the conclusion of their experiment regarding the genetic material?
DNA is the genetic material
Protein is the genetic material
Both DNA and protein are the genetic material
The experiment would be inconclusive regarding which molecule is the genetic material
In the Hershey-Chase experiment, why was radioactive sulfur (35S) used to label phage proteins?
Sulfur is a component of both DNA and protein
Sulfur is a component of proteins but not DNA
Sulfur is easily detectable in bacterial cells
Sulfur is a common component of bacterial cell walls
