What Was the Outcome of the Experiment That Reconstituted Two

question 6

Multiple Choice

What was the outcome of the experiment that reconstituted two different strains of tobacco mosaic viruses that had different infection characteristics?

• A) The differences in infection characteristics  depended only on the RNA sequence of the virus strain.
• B) The differences in infection characteristics depended only the the protein coat.
• C) The differences in infection characteristics depended on an RNA and protein coat interaction.

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