Which of the following is NOT a key feature of the transforming principle, as demonstrated by Griffith?
It is composed of protein.
It can change the characteristics of bacteria.
It can be passed from one generation of bacteria to the next.
It was later identified as DNA.
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In his bacteriophage experiments, Hershey and Chase demonstrated that DNA is genetic material in
TMV
bacteriophage
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 of the following is NOT a characteristic of a good genetic material?
Able to replicate accurately
Chemically and structurally stable
Must be easily degradable
Scope for slow changes (mutations)
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)
The final proof of DNA as the genetic material came from the experiment of
Hargobind Khorana
Griffith
Hershey and Chase
Avey, Mcleod and McCarty
What was the key observation in the Hershey-Chase experiment that supported DNA as the genetic material?
Radioactive sulfur (S) was found inside the bacterial cells.
Radioactive phosphorus (P) was found inside the bacterial cells.
Both radioactive sulfur and phosphorus were found inside the bacterial cells.
Neither radioactive sulfur nor phosphorus were found inside the bacterial cells.
What did Griffith observe when he injected a mixture of heat-killed S strain and live R strain bacteria into mice?
The mice died, and live S strain bacteria were recovered.
The mice survived.
The mice died, and live R strain bacteria were recovered.
The mice survived, and a new strain of bacteria was recovered.
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
Which scientist's experiment definitively proved that DNA is the genetic material?
Hershey and Chase
Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty
Griffith
Meselson and Stahl
Which observation from Griffith's experiment with Streptococcus pneumoniae provided the strongest evidence for the existence of a 'transforming principle'?
Live non-virulent bacteria did not cause disease in mice.
Heat-killed virulent bacteria did not cause disease in mice.
Live virulent bacteria caused disease in mice.
Heat-killed virulent bacteria, when mixed with live non-virulent bacteria, caused the latter to become virulent.
