NEET 2011 · Class 12

Molecular Basis of Inheritance

The unequivocal proof of DNA as the genetic material came from the studies on a

  1. (A)bacterium
  2. (B)fungus
  3. (C)viroid
  4. (D)bacterial virus

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The unequivocal proof that DNA is the genetic material came from the experiments of Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase (1952).

Chapter
Molecular Basis of Inheritance
Section
5.2.1 The Genetic Material is DNA
Page
6
Words matched
29 of 29

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0, emb=1.0, combined=1.0). Verified: high — The span explicitly states that the unequivocal proof came from experiments on bacteriophages, which are bacterial viruses, directly matching option D.

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