Hershey and Chase set out to determine which type of molecule is used for genetic inheritance. They completed a series of experiments where E. coli was infected by a T2 virus. Which molecular component of the T2 virus ended up inside the cell?
A) protein
B) RNA
C) ribosome
D) DNA

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Hershey and Chase's experiments showed that DNA, not protein, is the molecule of inheritance, as it was the DNA of the T2 virus that entered the E. coli cells, not the protein.

Hershey and Chase Set Out to Determine Which Type of Molecule