Question

In an experiment with bacteriophage, performed by Hershey and Chase, radioactivity in medium was due to


P32 in capsid of bacteriophage


S35 in nucleic acid of bacteriophage


S35 in capsid of bacteriophage


P35 in nucleic acid of bacteriophage

Answer 1

Answer:

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.