OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
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Question
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____ proved that DNA was the transforming principle.
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Hershey and Chase
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Griffith
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Messelson and Stahl
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Franklin
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Hershey and Chase experiment proving DNA as the genetic material was based on the principle Transduction which is the process by which DNA is transferred from one bacterium to another by a virus.
Detailed explanation-2: -Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase showed that only the DNA of a virus needs to enter a bacterium to infect it. Their experiment provided strong support for the idea that genes are made of DNA.
Detailed explanation-3: -Oswald Avery, Colin MacLeod, and Maclyn McCarty showed that DNA (not proteins) can transform the properties of cells, clarifying the chemical nature of genes.
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