Q. Work of Beadle and Tatum on $Neurospora\ crassa\$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 bread mould $(Neurospora\ cressa)$ And stated that each gene has the information to produce one enzyme. This concept was formulated as one gene-one enzyme hypothesis.
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