Q. Work of Beadle and Tatum on ܰ݁ݎݏݎݑܽ ܿݎܽݏݏܽ proved that
A) Replication of DNA is semi-conservative
B) Viruses have genetic material
C) Every gene is responsible for specific enzymes
D) Plant cells are totipotent
Explanation
Beadle and Tatum conducted experiment on pink (ܽݏݏ݁ݎܿ ܽݎݏݎݑܰ݁) mould bread And stated that each gene has the information to produce one enzyme. This concept was formulated as one gene-one enzyme hypothesis.
Reviewed by Dr. Abubacker
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