Question

Meselson and Stahl's Experiment proved

• A. Transduction
• B. Transformation
• C. DNA is the genetic material
• D. Disruptive DNA replication

Answer 1

The correct option is D Disruptive DNA replication

Meselson and Stahl performed the experiments on the DNA. The experiment used the readioactively labelled N${}^{14}$. This labelled nitrogen atom helps to detect and analyse the replication pattern. The new strand is formed by using one of the old strand as template. The replication pattern of DNA is found to be semi-conservative or disruptive type.

Thus, the correct answer is option D.