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the hershey and chase experiment served as powerful independent confirmation that dna was indeed the genetic material. they made their discovery using which type of organism? a. s. pneumoniae b. different strains of bacteria c. mice d. bacteriophage

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Hershey and Chase made their discovery of DNA being the independent genetic material using the d. bacteriophage.

The Hershey and Chase experiment was a big revolution in the field of biology as it proved that DNA was in fact the genetic material through which information is passed from parents to offspring.

Through their experiment, Hershey and Chase were able to show that the bacteriophages only injected their DNA into the bacteria when infecting them. The rest of the parts of the bacteriophage were not transferred to the bacteria. It was further observed that the DNA of the bacteriophages replicated inside the bacteria and produced the bacteriophage machinery inside the host cell.

This experiment hence proved that DNA was the genetic material.

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