The final proof for DNA as the genetic material came from the experiments of :
A
Griffith
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B
Hershey and Chase
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C
Avery, Mcleod and McCarty
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D
Hargobind Khorana
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Solution
The correct option is B Hershey and Chase The final proof that DNA is the genetic material came from the experiments of Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase (1952). They worked with viruses that infect bacteria called bacteriophages. Diagramatic representation of Hershey-Chase experiment is shown below:
Fredrick Griffith in 1928 discovered transforming principle.
Avery, MacLeod and McCarty worked to determine the biochemical nature of the ‘transforming principle’.
Hargobind Khorana developed a method to synthesise RNA molecules with defined combinations of bases