Hershey and Chase Set Out to Determine What Molecule Served

question 26

Multiple Choice

Hershey and Chase set out to determine what molecule served as the unit of inheritance. They completed a series of experiments in which E. coli was infected by a T2 virus. Which molecular component of the T2 virus actually ended up inside the cell?

• A) protein
• B) RNA
• C) ribosome
• D) DNA

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