Simply put, DNA is the genetic material, not protein. At that time no one was quite sure which was which. A clever experiment by Hersey and Chase settled this question. Google that experiment.
DNA controls heredity, not proteins.
DNA controls heredity, not proteins.
Their genetic material
Their genetic material
According to my bio book, I think it's Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase, in the HERSHEY-CHASE experiment.
Hershey and Chase completed research proving that DNA is the "stuff of heredity" and not just protein in 1952. There is information on how they used a bacteriophage to prove this residing on the Answers site.
DNA. Hershey and Chase conducted the blender experiment using bacteriophages to show that DNA, not protein, is the genetic material that is passed on during viral infection.
in 1953
According to my bio book, I think it's Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase, in the HERSHEY-CHASE experiment.
Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase conducted the famous Hershey-Chase experiment in 1952, which confirmed that DNA, not protein, is the genetic material in bacteriophages. They used radioactive labeling to trace the genetic material within the bacteriophages, providing evidence for the role of DNA in heredity.
Hershey and Chase observed that DNA is the identity of the hereditary material in phage T2. Hershey and Chase used radioactive labels to mark the protein of the bacteriaphage in one experiment and the DNA in another.
Hershey and Chase observed that DNA is the identity of the hereditary material in phage T2. Hershey and Chase used radioactive labels to mark the protein of the bacteriaphage in one experiment and the DNA in another.