If you repeated the Hershey and Chase experiment designed to determine the molecule of heredity using a virus with RNA as its genetic material, you would expect that A)³⁵S-labeled protein would be transferred to infected cells. B)³²P-labeled DNA would be transferred to infected cells. C)³²P-labeled RNA would be transferred to infected cells. D)³²P-labeled RNA would be transferred to phage ghosts. E)³⁵S-labeled RNA would be transferred to infected cells.

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The Hershey and Chase experiment originally used bacteriophages with DNA as their genetic material and demonstrated that DNA, not protein, was the molecule transferred to bacteria. If the experiment were repeated with a virus that has RNA as its genetic material, the equivalent result would show that RNA is transferred to the infected cells, hence option C is correct.

If You Repeated the Hershey and Chase Experiment Designed to Determine