Zoology - Molecular Basis of Inheritance Question with Solution | TestHub

To know the chemical nature of genetic material Hershey and Chase performed experiment on T2 bacteriophage and E. coli. Hershey - Chase used radioactive isotope${ }^{35}\mathrm{S}$of sulphur and${ }^{32}\mathrm{P}$of phosphorus. Sulphur radioactivity was seen only in proteins and phosphorus radioactivity was seen only in nucleic acid DNA.