In the Hershey and Chase experiment designed to determine the molecule of heredity,what was radiolabelled with ³⁵S? A) protein B) DNA C) RNA D) rRNA E) None of the choices are correct.

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In the Hershey and Chase experiment, proteins were radiolabelled with sulfur (S35) because proteins contain sulfur in their amino acids, whereas DNA does not. This was part of their strategy to determine whether DNA or protein was the genetic material.

In the Hershey and Chase Experiment Designed to Determine the Molecule