Q. The unequivocal proof of DNA as the genetic material came from the studies on a
A) bacterium
B) fungus
C) viroid
D) bacterial virus. (Main 2011)
Explanation
The unequivocal proof that DNA is the genetic material came from the experiments of Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase (1952). They worked with viruses that infect bacteria called bacteriophages.
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