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Which best summarizes the findings of Hershey and Chase?

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Basically Hershey and Chase studied bacteriophages (viruses that infect and destroy bacteria), which they got the idea from Avery who got the idea from Griffith.
so the results of Hershey and Chase's experiments were that genes are made from Deoxyribonucleic Acid.
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Answer:

The Hershey and Chase experiment proved that DNA is the genetic material.

Step-by-step explanation:

The experiment performed by Hershey and Chase in 1952 proves that DNA is the genetic material. They allowed the transfer of DNA from phage to bacterium. The phage transfers the genetic material and capsule remains outside.

The experiment proves that DNA is the genetic material not the protein.

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