Q. In his bacteriophage experiments, Hershey and Chase demonstrated that DNA is genetic material in
A) TMV
B) $Escherichia\ coli$
C) $T_{2}$ bacteriophage
D) $Diplococcus\ pneumoniae$
Explanation
Bacteriophage experiment was conducted by Hershey and Chase, (1952). They selected $T_{2}$ type phages for experimentation. From this experiment, they conclude that only DNA (and not proteins) pass from one generation to another.
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