Multiple choice

What was the objective of the experiment conducted by Hershey and Chase?

  1. To characterise the transforming principle responsible for the transformation phenomenon first described in Griffith's experiment of 1928

  2. To find whether genetic material was DNA or protein

  3. To prove that replication of DNA is semi-conservative

  4. To show that DNA is the genetic material in a bacteriophage
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The main objective of Hershey-Chase experiment was to confirm that genetic material is DNA, not protein.

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