Work of Beadle and Tatum on Neurospora crassa proved that

replication of DNA is semi-conservative

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viruses have genetic material

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every gene is responsible for specific enzyme

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plant cells are totipotent.

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The correct option is C every gene is responsible for specific enzyme
The one gene–one enzyme hypothesis, proposed by Beadle and Tutum, is the theory that each gene directly produces a single enzyme, which consequently affects an individual step in a metabolic pathway.

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