After mixing a heat-killed, phosphorescent strain of bacteria with a living non-phosphorescent strain, you discover that some of the living cells are now phosphorescent. Which observations would provide the best evidence that the ability to fluoresce is a heritable trait?

a. DNA passed from the heat-killed strain to the living strain.

b. Protein passed from the heat-killed strain to the living strain.

c. The phosphorescence in the living strain is especially bright.

d. Descendants of the living cells are also phosphorescent.

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Zander · Answer 1

Descendants of the living cells are also phosphorescent.