Q. The unequivocal proof of DNA as the genetic material came from the studies on a

A) Viroid
B) Bacterial virus
C) Bacterium
D) Fungus
Explanation

[Solution from source] Hershey and Chase grew bacteriophages (bacterial viruses) with radioactive phosphorus or sulphur and found that only the labelled DNA entered the bacteria, giving unequivocal proof that DNA is the genetic material. Griffith's and Avery's work on the bacterium Streptococcus was suggestive but not unequivocal. Answer (2).

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