Multiple choice

Work of Beadle and Tatum on Neurospora crassa proved that

  1. DNA replication is semi conservative

  2. viruses have genetic material

  3. every gene is responsible for a specific enzyme

  4. plant cells are totipotent

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Explanation

The one gene-one enzyme hypothesis is the idea that genes act through the production of enzymes, with each gene being responsible for producing a single enzyme. This affects a single step in metabolic pathway. The concept was proposed by George Beadle and Edward Tatum.

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