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ZoologyMolecular Basis of InheritanceThe Search for Genetic MaterialEasy2 minPYQ_2019
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Which scientist experimentally proved that DNA is the sole genetic material in bacteriophage?NEET 2019 (Odisha)

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Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase (1952) experimentally proved that DNA is the sole genetic material in bacteriophage. On the other hand, Beadle and Tatum (1940s) experimentally showed one gene-one enzyme hypothesis using Neurospora. Meselson and Stahl first showed that DNA replicates semiconservatively through experiments on E.coli. Jacob and Monod were first to explain lac operon.

Stream:NEETSubject:ZoologyTopic:Molecular Basis of InheritanceSubtopic:The Search for Genetic Material
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