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What did Hershey and Chase

discover?
A. bacteriophages using DNA to infect bacteria
B. the shape of DNA
C. bacteria transforming a material, bringing them
back to life when one was killed
D. which bases pair together in DNA

What did Hershey and Chase discover? A. bacteriophages using DNA to infect bacteria-example-1
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The correct answer is (A.) bacteriophages using DNA to infect bacteria.

Step-by-step explanation

1. In 1952, Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase did experiment to find the genetic material in organisms.

2.Bacteriophages (viruses that affect bacteria) were the key element for Hershey and Chase experiment.

3.In which they concluded DNA as genetic material as bacteriophages use DNA to infect bacteria and not protein.

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