Botany · Molecular basis of Inheritance
NEET (UG) 2023 — Question 98
Unequivocal proof that DNA is the genetic material was first proposed by
- Option A:Correct
Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase
- Option B:
Avery, MacLeod and McCarty
- Option C:
Wilkins and Franklin
- Option D:
Frederick Griffith
Answer: A
Step-by-step solution
Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase provided unequivocal proof that DNA is the genetic material through the Hershey–Chase experiment using bacteriophages. Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty suggested that DNA is the transforming principle, but Hershey and Chase gave conclusive experimental evidence.
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- Exam
- NEET (UG) 2023
- Paper
- 2023 paper
- Subject
- Botany
- Chapter
- Molecular basis of Inheritance
- Topic
- The Search for Genetic Material
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