If Hershey and Chase Had Found ³²P in Both the Pellet

question 225

Multiple Choice

If Hershey and Chase had found ³²P in both the pellet and the supernatant of the phage-infected bacteria, what would have been their likely conclusion about the nature of genetic material?

• A) A protein must be the information molecule.
• B) DNA is the genetic information molecule.
• C) Phage must have stuck to the bacteria.
• D) Phosphorus was in the information molecule.
• E) No conclusion would have been possible from these results.

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