Hershey and chase worked with bacteriophage and e.Coli to prove that dna is the genetic material. ... They grew some bacteriophages on amedium containing radioactive phosphorus (32p) to identify dna and some on a medium containing radioactive sulphur (35s) to identifyprotein.
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In their experiments, Hershey and Chase showed that when bacteriophages, which are composed of DNA and protein, infect bacteria, their DNA enters the host bacterial cell, but most of their protein does not. Hershey and Chase and subsequent discoveries all served to prove that DNA is the hereditary material.
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Hershey and Chase concluded that DNA, not protein, was the genetic material. They determined that a protective protein coat was formed around the bacteriophage, but that the internal DNA is what conferred its ability to produce progeny inside a bacterium.
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