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Which of the following pieces of information would serve as evidence that DNA is the source of heritable information?

DNA in an organism's progeny is semiconservative, not dispersive.
Labeled DNA from an organism is found in the organism's progeny.
Strict compliance is paid to the universal genetic code by all organisms.
There is a similarity in appearance among the progeny of an organism.

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The Hershey and Chase experiment concluded the same by labeling the DNA of the parents with phosphorous and found out that the DNA of the offspring also bear phospho- labeled DNA, which established the fact that DNA is the heritable information source. So, your answer is B. 
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