Which observation about the phosphorus tracer supported the researchers' conclusion that DNA, and not proteins, transmits genetic information? A. It was in the supernatant only. B. It was in the pellet only. C. It was in both the pellet and the supernatant. D. It was in neither the pellet nor the supernatant.

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28 January, 21:45

Which observation about the phosphorus tracer supported the researchers' conclusion that DNA, and not proteins, transmits genetic information? A. It was in the supernatant only. B. It was in the pellet only. C. It was in both the pellet and the supernatant. D. It was in neither the pellet nor the supernatant.

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Hershey and Chase demonstrated that genetic material is contained in the DNA molecule. By using bacteriophages they observed that DNA, but not proteins, contains the genetic material. These researchers tagged DNA with radioactive phosphorus and then separated bacteria and protein phages by centrifugation, observing that bacterial pellet was radioactive