Answer the following question based on Hershey and Chase's experiments.
Why did they use types of culture media to grow viruses in? Explain

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The first colony was grown in medium containing, radioactive phosphorus-32 since phosphorus is contained in DNA but not amino acids, radioactive phosphorus was used to label the DNA contained in the bacteriophage.
The other colony was grown in medium containing Radioactive sulfur-35, which was used to label the protein sections of the T2 phage because sulfur is contained in protein but not DNA.

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Answer the following question based on Hershey and Chase's experiments.Why did they use types of culture media to grow viruses in? Explain

Answer the following question based on Hershey and Chase's experiments.
Why did they use types of culture media to grow viruses in? Explain