Why Did Avery and Colleagues Use RNase in Their Studies

question 201

Multiple Choice

Why did Avery and colleagues use RNase in their studies of the bacterial transforming substance?

• A) To serve as a positive experiment
• B) To develop a vaccine against pneumonia
• C) To eliminate the possibility that RNA was the transforming substance
• D) To prove that DNA was the transforming substance
• E) To prevent other infections

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