Hershey and Chase Used Radiolabeled Macromolecules to Identify the Material

question 65

Multiple Choice

Hershey and Chase used radiolabeled macromolecules to identify the material that contains heritable information.What radioactive material was used to track DNA during this experiment?

• A)³H
• B)¹⁴C
• C)³⁵S
• D)³²P

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