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DNA as Genetic Material - Hershey And Chase Experiment MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
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Hershey & Chase Experiment
- The proof for DNA as a genetic material came from the experiment performed by Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase (1952).
- They carried out some experiments with the viruses that infect bacteria. These viruses are called bacteriophages.
- The bacteriophage attaches to the bacteria and its genetic material then enters the bacterial cell.
- The bacterial cell treats the viral genetic material as if it was its own and subsequently manufactures more virus particles.
- Hershey and Chase worked to discover whether it was protein or DNA from the viruses that entered the bacteria.
- For this, they took two separate media for growing these bacteriophages.
- Out of two, one medium contained radioactive phosphorus and the other medium contained radioactive sulphur.
- Viruses (bacteriophage) were then grown on each medium.
- The viruses grown in the presence of radioactive phosphorus (32P) contained radioactive DNA (but not radioactive protein). This is because DNA contains phosphorus not protein.
- In the same way, the viruses grown in the medium containing radioactive sulphur (35S) now contained radioactive protein (not radioactive DNA). This is because DNA does not contain sulphur.
- These radioactive viruses (bacteriophages) were then allowed to attach to bacteria (E. coli).
- As the process of infection with virus continued, the bacteria were agitated in a blender and the viral coats of the bacteria were removed.
- The virus particles were separated from the bacteria by spinning them in a centrifuge.
- Bacteria which were infected with viruses that had radioactive DNA were radioactive, indicating that DNA was the material that passed from the virus to the bacteria.
- Bacteria that were infected with viruses that had radioactive proteins were not radioactive.
- This indicates that proteins did not enter the bacteria from the viruses.
- DNA is, therefore, the genetic material that is passed from virus to bacteria
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